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Telnames Ltd. · gtld · Updated 2026-09-10
Specs only
Specifications
- Zone
- .tel
- Registration period
- 1 year - 10 years
- Character length
- 1-63
- IDN
- Yes
- DNSSEC
- Yes
- IPv6
- Yes
- Nameservers
- 2-7 nameservers
- Redemption period
- 30 days
- Handle updates
- Yes
- WHOIS privacy
- Yes
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.tel
- Data set
- gTLD
- Auth code
- Yes
- Connection
- Direct
- IDN character sets
- BIG5, EUC_JP, EUC_KR, KOI8_R, KOI8_U, SHIFT_JIS, ISO_8859_1
Eligibility & Restrictions
After an owner change or a domain transfer of your .tel domain the telhosting content will be deleted automatically. You need to insert and save the data again. Premium domains (short, memorable and general names) are more expensive in registration optionally also in renewal (e.g. car.tld). Domains can be registered without restrictions.
Required contact fields: Tech contact email, Owner contact email, Admin contact email.
Registration
Registration period: 1 year - 10 years. Processing is automated. Character length: 1-63. Requires 2-7 nameservers.
Transfer Procedure
Auth code is required for transfer. Transfer processing is automated. Transfer confirmation required by the losing registrar.
Registrant Change
No registry-level owner change task. Updates handled via contact data updates.
Renewal & Deletion
Explicit renewal task supported. Cancellation period: 0 days.
Restore / Redemption Grace Period
Restore task is supported. RGP period: 30 days. Auto-renew grace period: 30 days.
WHOIS / Privacy
WHOIS server: whois.nic.tel. WHOIS privacy supported.
Data controllers
- DENIC Services GmbH & Co. KG (escrow) Heinrich-Hertz-Straße 6, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany
- Telnames Ltd. (org) 16 Charles II Street, London SW1Y 4NW, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
- Telnames Ltd. — TLD Administrative Contact (admin) 16 Charles II Street, London SW1Y 4NW, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Error codes
- EF00805
- EF0103112
- EF00803
- EF01017
- EF03008
- EF00512
- EF03005
- EF03007
- EF01015
- EF03006
- EF01075
- EF03011
- EF01055
- EF03010
- EF01095
- EF01074
- EF0103118
Required fields
- techc/email
- ownerc/email
- adminc/email
Restrictions
- After an owner change or a domain transfer of your .tel domain the telhosting content will be deleted automatically. You need to insert and save the data again.
- Domains can be registered without restrictions.
- Premium domains (short, memorable and general names) are more expensive in registration optionally also in renewal (e.g. car.tld).
Root nameservers
- ANYCAST10.IRONDNS.NET
- ANYCAST9.IRONDNS.NET
- ANYCAST24.IRONDNS.NET
- ANYCAST23.IRONDNS.NET
Tasks (API)
- create · available · chargeable · automatic
- delete · available · automatic
- preack · available · automatic
- renew · available · chargeable · automatic
- restore · available · chargeable · manual
- restoreARGP · available · automatic
- restoreNE · available · automatic
- restoreRenew · available · automatic
- transfer · available · chargeable · automatic · AuthInfo required
- update · available · automatic
- updateStatus · available · automatic