Afilias, a company well known for operating the .org and .info gTLDs, has purchased the .MOBI registry for an unknown sum. While Afilias has always been in charge of handling the technical aspects of the extension, this purchase gives it total ownership of the domain.
While the company will leave the current .mobi advisory boards in place, I personally think it’s kind of scary that one company can control such a large chunk of the gTLD market. Afilias also owns a number of domain registration companies, a conflict of interest that has raised eyebrows before.
Personally, I think ICANN and the United States government should start monitoring extension ownership more closely. Firms certainly have a right to expand, but it is not in the best interest of Internet users for one company to have such a large stake in the domain business.