| This article discusses Dot Tel Domains and their use | | | | Universities, polytechnics, and schools in most countries |
| by universities, polytechnics, and schools. It outlines | | | | have very restricted budgets. They have to take care |
| three particular problems that apply to these | | | | with the money they are given. |
| educational institutions. | | | | To enter and maintain the contact records for a Dot |
| The domains are discussed as possible solutions to | | | | Tel Domain is a simple task which for most places, |
| these problems. The domains are internet based and | | | | would not even take up the time of one person. There |
| require an internet browser on a PC, a mobile phone, | | | | are also no hosting costs for these domains. |
| or any other internet enabled device to operate. | | | | For a small institution, the time taken to administer a |
| 1. Students Are Usually On Restricted Budgets | | | | domain would be negligible. Most importantly, they |
| Students, whether they attend schools, polytechnics, or | | | | would be providing their students (clients) with a way |
| universities, are typically on restricted financial budgets. | | | | of contacting them by email, phone, sms, and by other |
| They do not have a lot of money to spare but they | | | | methods that would streamline their processes. |
| mostly own mobile phones. | | | | Other information such as course time tables and |
| Dot Tel Domains are optimized for mobile phone | | | | announcements can be entered into the domain and |
| technology, and have the added benefit of coming in | | | | be immediately accessible by students on their mobile |
| very low data amounts per page. | | | | phones. |
| In fact, the data size of a Dot Tel Domain page | | | | 3. Universities Are Spread Over Large Areas |
| compared to the average PC page is probably around | | | | Universities, polytechnics, and schools are often spread |
| 5% (5 kB). This is a saving for students who pay for | | | | over large areas of land. Many of their layouts are |
| mobile phone data in making contact with an | | | | confusing to people who are new to these institutions. |
| educational institution in one of the many ways | | | | There is location technology on Dot Tel Domains. They |
| provided by this technology. | | | | have Google Maps. |
| Also, it minimizes the frustration of students in | | | | The location of faculty buildings, departments, and |
| contacting institutions because the structure of the | | | | resources can be read with pin point accuracy from a |
| contact records and information is very simple and | | | | mobile phone's web browser. |
| intuitive. | | | | Both the educational institution's staff, and students can |
| 2. Educational Institutions Are Usually On Restricted | | | | find a building or other part of a educational institution's |
| Budgets | | | | campus if they have most types of mobile phones. |