The Internet's key oversight agency gave a preliminary nod Monday to new domain names targeting mobile services [...], reports the Associated Press (on December 13).

"Sponsored by leading mobile phone and technology companies, including Nokia, Microsoft and T-Mobile, the «.mobi» domain would set apart Web sites and other services that are specially designed to work around the limitations of cell phones, including their smaller screen size and data capacity.

Microsoft.mobi," for instance, might carry smaller photos or fewer graphics than the main site at Microsoft.com.