[enum-wg] Australian ENUM trial launched

The Australian (not Austrian) ENUM trial was launched in Melbourne today by
the Australian communications minister. It was announced at the launch that
the Australian regulator has entered into an agreement with AusRegistry
International Pty Ltd (www.ausregistry.com.au
<http://www.ausregistry.com.au> ) to provide and operate the registry
service for the trial. AusRegistry International is a subsidiary of the
company that is the current registry operator and wholesale provider for all
commercial .au domain names and certain non-commercial .au domain names.
 
The go-live data for the trial will be Monday the 6th of June. At this early
stage, 2 registrars -- Enetica (www.enetica.com.au
<http://www.enetica.com.au> ) and AARNet (www.aarnet.edu.au
<http://www.aarnet.edu.au> ) -- have indicated they will participate in the
trial.
 
The website for the trial is  <http://www.enum.com.au/> www.enum.com.au.
 
A media release from the Australian regulator about the trial launch is at
<http://internet.aca.gov.au/ACAINTER.65636:STANDARD:1251996172:pc=PC_2980>
http://internet.aca.gov.au/acainter.65636:standard:1251996172:pc=pc_2980
(sorry that our ENUM web pages haven't been updated yet -- hopefully that
will be rectified in a few days).
 
A meeting of the Australian ENUM Discussion Group is scheduled for Monday
the 16th of May. The meeting will include a briefing on the way in which the
trial registry will operate, plus will discuss specific objectives for the
trial and the issue of rights of use of existing numbers that might be
registered as ENUM domains. We're hoping we'll be able to webcast the
meeting, so if any ENUM WG members would be interested in participating and
can cope with the time difference (UK, IE, PT = -9 hours; rest of western
Europe = -8 hours), let me know and I'll advise you of the arrangements.
 
 
Vince Humphries
Australian Communications Authority
tel. +61 3 99 63 68 44
fax +61 3 99 63 69 79
callto:vincehumphries
mailto:vince.humphries at aca.gov.au <mailto:vince.humphries at aca.gov.au> 
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