Telnic has recently announced that they will launch  the Internationalized Domain Names in sixteen languages on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010.

The registry will be launching Internationalized Domain Names in hinese, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.
"If you're a Jörn, Júlia or Bjørn, or a Chlöe, 李 or Błażej, you will now be able to get your .tel name in your own language, opening up a significant number of names for individuals and businesses to register," said Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO of Telnic Limited.  "As your single point of contact, we're pleased to be able to offer these IDN .tel names so that many more people can get the benefit from being discoverable on the internet with a place they can own and control."