dotMobi, a registry for the .mobi domain, announced it has reached two milestones since September public launch.

218,000 .mobi registrations have been done by customers in 104 countries around the world. The first set of nine dotMobi Premium Domain Names were auctioned via Moniker.com during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East domain conference on October 27, 2006. Selling for $200,000 and $100,000, flowers.mobi and fun.mobi respectively, are among the top 20 domain sales for 2006 - unprecedented for a newly introduced TLD, says the company.
   
"It is obvious that dotMobi strikes a chord with content providers large and small who want to build a direct to consumer mobile channel," said Neil Edwards, CEO of dotMobi. "dotMobi provides the first open solution for Internet-based content on a mobile phone that the average person can afford and access. We are excited to see such a positive and strong market response to dotMobi this early in our business."