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ENUM in neighbor countries: Austria (+43). Alexander Mayrhofer alexander.mayrhofer@enum.at ENUM-Day, Prague, Sept. 2007. Agenda. History of ENUM in Austria Current status Registration statistics The +43 780 range Standardization activities Related activities. History of ENUM in Austria.
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ENUM in neighbor countries: Austria (+43) Alexander Mayrhofer alexander.mayrhofer@enum.at ENUM-Day, Prague, Sept. 2007
Agenda • History of ENUM in Austria • Current status • Registration statistics • The +43 780 range • Standardization activities • Related activities
History of ENUM in Austria • Summer 2002 – Trial initiated • Dec 2004 – enum.at founded, production registry opened • May 2005 – "ENUM" numbers +43 780 available • (March 2006 – IENUM wins +353 bid) • June 2006 – infrastructure ENUM trial started
Current Status • 13 registrars, half of them actively selling ENUM products • Major business models: • Bundling DSL with ENUM-enabled soft-PBX • Upgrading legacy-PBX systems with Asterisk • Independent VoIP accounts using +43 780 • no real business model (yet) for mobile numbers :-/ (Instant Messaging vs. SMS?)
Current status cont'd • Number ranges: • geo, 0800, 0780, 0720, private networks, mobile • Registry EPP-based • no direct registrations (registrar model) • Charging: number count (User-ENUM) • €0.1 – €0.5 per number and month • €250 per month minimum charge • Infrastructure ENUM: transaction based
ENUM domain statistics • 7832 numbers as of 06.09.2007
ENUM DNS +43 780 123456 sip:user@provider.at The +43 780 number range • Works like a "common" internet domain • register a free ENUM domain – get the respective number with it – enter SIP URI – finished! • Gateway "built into" the PSTN (obligation to carriers) PSTN Internet
Standardization • contributing to IETF working groups • several drafts • ENUM: combined infrastructure/user • ENUM: validation process • SPEERMINT, ECRIT, GEOPRIV • finished documents • RFC 4725 – ENUM validation architecture • RFC 4969 – "vCard" Enumservice • RFC 4979 – "XMPP" (Jabber) Enumservice
Related activities • Registry system and Registrar frontend exported to Ireland (IENUM, +353) • VoIP consulting (ipcom.at) • ENUM Federation ("free your voip")