While Australia never suffered the extreme examples of Internet domain mania seen in the US, it seems many local registrars are still prepared to go to extreme lengths to secure desirable domains.
Australia's heavyweight telecommunications companies are largely ignoring a technology that maps telephone numbers to Internet services, with only relative minnows in the Internet arena demonstrating any enthusiasm.
Mapping telephone numbers to Internet addresses today became a reality in Australia, as a trial for ENUM technology went live.
Australia's first experiment with Electronic Telephone Numbers Mapping (ENUM) call routing technology kicked off with much fanfare.
The number of Australian domain names has increased by 24 percent, according to the au Domain Administrator.
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