[enum-wg] ENUM Adoption - Does a business case matter?

> * It is hard for the calling party to make an ENUM call. I can only 
> speak from my perspective in Germany and a number of other countries, 
> mostly in Europe. Like many people, I am making 95% of my phone calls 
> from my mobile. As there is no single mobile operator in the world who 
> does ENUM lookups on outgoing calls (AFAIK, correct me) my only chance 
> would be two-stage dialling, i.e. call an access number, then call the 
> number I want to talk to.

I have written an ENUM Client for Android which is due for imminent 
release.

It integrates directly with the Contact / Dialer application (indeed 
anywhere you can dial a number from).  Whenever you dial a full E.164 
number with suitable IP connectivity it automatically performs an ENUM 
lookup.

If there are no results, the call proceeds as normal.  If there are ENUM 
results, they are presented in a (sorted) list, so the end user can choose 
which alternate contact method to use.  The application also offers the 
option to bypass the ENUM results altogether and call the original number.

I'll send more details (including a download link) once it's formally 
announced.

kind regards,

Ray

-- 
Ray Bellis, MA(Oxon) MIET
Senior Researcher in Advanced Projects, Nominet
e: ray at nominet.org.uk, t: +44 1865 332211
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