ENUM in a nutshell:
http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/about/presentations/ripencc-ietf-ec/sld008.html

Will AUDA be addressing the delegation issue?
(http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/about/presentations/ripencc-ietf-ec/sld014.html
 )

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: <Anne Shroeder - Webmaster>; "Internet Society" <anne&#167;isoc.org>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Sent: Saturday, 25 May 2002 6:14
Subject: Interim Approval for Internet Telephone Numbering System (E


> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
> 24 May 2002
>
> Interim Approval for Internet Telephone Numbering System (ENUM)
Provisioning
>  --    Countries wishing to implement ENUM system may now do so.
>  --    System offers promise of standardized international Voice and Video
>        on  IP services.
>
> Washington, DC - May 24, 2002 - The International Telecommunication
> Union (ITU) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) announce interim
> approval for a single domain for ENUM, a technology that builds a
> bridge between the public switched telephone network and the Internet.
>
> Voice on IP networks today operate by translating telephone numbers to
> IP addresses and placing an H.323 or SIP call to the device. The
> interchange format and translation record has not heretofore been
> standardized, limiting the possibility of deployment of multi-
> corporate and international Voice on IP services. Under the ENUM
> proposal, E.164 numbers can be represented as Internet Domain
> Names,providing a scalable and standard way to translate the numbers,
> and opening the way to such services. ITU has begun approving
> delegations for the purposes of trials. "The lack of an interoperable
> standard way to turn a telephone number into an IP Address has been
> one factor limiting the deployment of Voice on IP services
> internationally", said Leslie Daigle, Chair of the Internet
> Architecture Board.
>
> If desk-mounted computers or servers are given telephone numbers as
> well as mnemonic names, this system further enables common telephone
> handsets to place Voice or Video on IP calls to such computers. This
> is a significant step towards integrating Internet-based services with
> the global telephone network, and the current agreements between IAB
> and ITU will allow trials to take place.
>
> Patrik Faltstrom, member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group
> (IESG), said that "the integration of the desktop telephone and
> computer allows corporations to simplify their internal networks." Roy
> Blane, Chair of ITU-T's Study Group 2, concurred, saying that "In the
> long term this protocol may facilitate many new internet services. In
> the short term, countries wishing to trial the system can begin work
> on developing it."
>
> This interim approval is made possible due to cooperation between ITU,
> IAB and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). As outlined in the
> ENUM specification document, RFC 2916, sub-domains from a single
> domain will be delegated after acceptance by the registries according
> to the existing assignment of country codes in the telephone address
> space.
>
> Information on how the ENUM registration requests will be processed
> can be found at http://www.ripe.net/enum/
>
> About ISOC
>
> The Internet Society <http://www.isoc.org/> is a non-profit,
> non-governmental, open membership organization whose worldwide
> individual and organization members make up a veritable "who's who" of
> the Internet industry. It provides leadership in technical and
> operational standards, policy issues, and education.  ISOC is the
> organizational home of the International Engineering Task Force, the
> Internet Architecture Board, the Internet Engineering Steering Group,
> and the Internet Research Task Force - the standards setting and
> research arms of the Internet community.
>
> About the IETF
>
> The Internet Engineering Task Force is an international community of
> network designers, operators,vendors, and researchers concerned with
> the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of
> the Internet. The definition of the ENUM protocol, as proposed by the
> IETF can be found at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2916.txt. The IETF is
> an organized activity of the Internet Society.
>
> About ITU
>
> The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is a global
> organization where the public and private sectors cooperate for the
> development of telecommunications and the harmonization of national
> telecommunications policies. Study Group 2 of the ITU
> Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), where work on ENUM
> is being carried out, is the Lead Study Group on Service
> definition, Numbering, Routing and Global Mobility and is responsible
> for the operational aspects of service provision, networks and
> performance.  More information on the ENUM protocol, and the issues
> related to it, can be found at
> http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/enum/index.html.
>
>
> POC: Patrik Fltstrm <paf&#167;cisco.com>
>       Leslie Daigle <iab-chair&#167;iab.org>
>       Scott Bradner <sob&#167;harvard.edu>
>       Roy Blane <roy.blane&#167;ties.itu.int>
>       Richard Hill <richard.hill&#167;itu.int>
>       Lynn St.Amour <st.amour&#167;isoc.org>
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