CHICAGO-- Hostway Corporation, the leading global provider of Web hosting and online services, is now offering customers the option of adding a Mobile Business SiteBuilder feature to their .mobi domain name registration.

Hostway commissioned a UK-based survey by independent research body TNS and found that although many people can access Internet services from their mobile phone, three quarters (73%) are not taking advantage of this feature. However, 90% of the survey respondents said that they would use mobile Internet if they could be sure that pages would load faster and they wouldn’t incur high costs from their mobile operator.

“.mobi was created to remedy the problems found in our survey by ensuring that Web sites are created that are compliant with the .mobi requirements and therefore easy to access from a mobile phone,” noted John Lee, VP of global marketing for Hostway. “Our Mobile Business SiteBuilder tool makes it quick and easy for a customer to design a .mobi compliant Web site giving customers the opportunity to easily access the Web while they’re on the go.”

The template-based Mobile Business SiteBuilder tool gives customers the capability to design a 6-page Web site optimized for viewing from mobile devices. The Web site consists of the following pre-defined pages where users have the ability to do the following activities:

Homepage – Upload an image
About Us Page – Enter company information
Products and Services – List product specifications for up to 5 products
News – Include company news, press coverage and information on up to 3 upcoming events or trade shows
Directory – List contact information of up to 5 employees
Contact Us - Add company contact information
Additional features - Include Google Map and upload over 20 images
Approved by ICANN, .mobi is a new top-level domain specifically created for Internet use on mobile devices backed by leading mobile operators, network device manufacturers and Internet content providers worldwide including: Ericsson, Google, GSM Association, Hutchison, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefónica Móviles, TIM and Vodafone.

.mobi was created to accommodate the needs of the growing segment of mobile Internet users. To overcome the past issues experienced with accessing the Internet from a mobile device such as high bandwidth cost, low content quality, applicability and slow access, the .mobi registry has created guidelines for Web sites to be compliant for .mobi.

To learn more about how Hostway’s Mobile Business SiteBuilder tool can take your business mobile, please visit http://www.hostway.com/domain-name/mobile-business-sitebuilder.html.