I interviewed with .tel around then, and declined an offer after it was clear their plans were wildly unrealistic.
The "identity metadata" bit had already been pushed by multiple registrars for years at that point, as it doesn't require the cooperation of a registry to allow it, and largely gotten abandoned because of lack of user interest.
The "identity metadata" bit had already been pushed by multiple registrars for years at that point, as it doesn't require the cooperation of a registry to allow it, and largely gotten abandoned because of lack of user interest.