Mayo.Tel -The Mayo Mobile Phone Network

The Mayo.Tel Network continues to grow.
By the end of 2009, the following towns had their own mobile phone directories.
Achill, Ballina, Ballyhaunis, Belmullet, Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Charlestown, Claremorris, Crossmolina, Erris, Kiltimagh, Newport, Swinford and Enniscrone in County Sligo.
You can find other Mayo mobile phone directories here
And for the first time Mayo's Islands, in recognition of their unique place in Mayo life, have been given pride of place in the Mayo Mobile Phone Network here

.Tel is the new Top Level Domain Name (TLD) launched by London company Telnic in March 2009. It accesses information stored directly in the Domain Name Servers (DNS), the backbone of the Internet, so that internet browsing on mobile devices is much faster than with normal websites.
.Tel is the domain dedicated exclusively to communications, enabling individuals and businesses to store, update and publish contact information, web links, and keywords directly in the DNS. Until .tel, every other domain required a web site to publish on the Internet.
.Tel eliminates the need for costly web sites, and delivers what 80% of all web visitors are searching for, contact information quickly, easily, and cheaply.
For Mayo businesses that already have web sites, Mayo.Tel adds rocket fuel to their SEO and for businesses without a web site, Mayo.Tel gives them an online web presence and access to local search in the world's first global directory Tel Pages (more about Tel Pages below).
One of the great advantages of the .tel extension is that it offers state-of-the-art privacy features.
Telnic enables the DNS records to be encrypted using 1024-bit encryption and stored in sub-folders which are hidden until paired with a public private key handshake with individuals.
Buy your own .tel domain and you can control what phone numbers or other contact information is made public and what details you want to store to be accessed only by family, friends, employees etc.

The Mayo.Tel Network of local mobile phone directories is still in its early days and will continue to grow, linking towns and communities all over County Mayo, to the emerging mobile internet which is going to transform the way we all communicate.
Some of the exciting plans for Mayo.Tel include a local news service in 2010. A Twitter news service for Mayo is already up and runing (the Mayo2Day Twitter news service, and local news for your part of Mayo
Other exciting local services that will tap into the emerging mobile internet are also planned.
In 2010, Telnic, the London-based company behind .Tel will be adding some exciting and innovative features to the .tel domain that will also benefit Mayo.Tel and help put Mayo to the forefront of the smart and green economy in the realm of mobile communications.

Mayo.Tel is part of the world's first global phone book which will soon have its own search engine Tel Pages making it possible for Mayo phone numbers to be searched from anywhere in the world.
The .tel domain also brings a new level to local search because it is able to store keywords and location records and is discoverable through search engines.
Accessing a .tel domain is extremely quick, very low cost when roaming or on a pay-as-you-go contract and assures you are only downloading information you are specifically looking for, not extraneous code which eats up your data allowance.