"The successful testing of
ENUM on Telekom Austria's next generation environment demonstrates yet again that the infrastructure is ready for commercial customer pilots.
But there is still disagreement over how the
ENUM registries contracting with this LLC would be required to operate.
Proponents say
ENUM will simplify communications because one point of contact could be routed to a telephone, e-mail inbox, or fax machine, depending on the application.
In keeping with the need to allow for voluntary implementation of the scheme and recognizing that
ENUM services are primarily national issues, rapid progress at the international level is necessary to create a stable environment in which investment can be made in the worldwide deployment of
ENUM.
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ENUM implementation and peering solutions are key areas of focus for sentitO and our work with XConnect is further testament to that commitment."
MERA Systems, a supplier of VoIP softswitches and session controllers, has joined efforts with telecomms company Stealth Communications' Voice Peering Fabric to deliver a routing solution with integrated
ENUM lookup capabilities.
Pulver.com last week applied to ICANN for the right to offer .tel domain names to IP communications service providers using
ENUM, a standard for mapping telephone numbers into the internet domains name system.
Interim procedures for
ENUM, a technology that builds a bridge between the public switched telephone network and the Internet, have been approved.