Registers 68% of .mobi domain names; has registered more than 1/3rd of those domain names.
GoDaddy, an ICANN accredited registrar and a provider of web hosting services, recently announced that it has registered 68% of .mobi domain names and overall has registered more than 1/3rd of those domain names.
The company explains that the introduction of .mobi provides a new avenue for news and entertainment content delivery, social networking and e-commerce. Go Daddy is allowing customers to get in the .mobi game through a combination of products and services like WebSite Tonight and MobileMail designed to tap the potential of the mobile web expansion.
"We're pleased with the success of dot mobi, with millions of wireless phones worldwide, the mobile Web is a huge market. We knew that long ago and put the infrastructure in place to help our customers wanting to join the dot mobi revolution. They can count on Go Daddy's low prices and 24/7 customer support to get there," said Bob Parsons, Founder and CEO of GoDaddy.
"We're really happy to be working with an Internet leader like Go Daddy, from the beginning, Bob Parsons understood the power of the mobile Web and these sales show Go Daddy is getting that message across," said Neil Edwards, CEO of Mobile Top Level Domain. (dotMobi), the company that oversees the domain.