[#XWM-610908]: Re: [enum-wg] ENUM Adoption - Does a business case matter?

ENUM is neither a product nor a service. ENUM is a protocol.

There are already per dip models carriers pay for registry dips but  
this is really beside the point as a adopting a single revenue model  
won't drive adoption of ENUM.

I think I should also note that in my view

ENUM is not a carrier play
ENUM is not a user play
but
ENUM could be a very useful Regulator play.

To suggest just three useful features that ENUM brings for Regulators.

a/ ENUM enables reachability over both IP and TDM networks using a  
single numbering resource.
b/ ENUM registry contains dynamic information about numbering  
resources under the Regulator's sphere which is valuable to regulator  
and market dynamics.
c/ ENUM offers support for implementing services that underpin a  
regulatory role for universal service obligations as communications  
move across both IP and TDM networks. For example number portability.

Trying to link ENUM to any particular financial model is counter  
productive. Each market participant can decide for themselves how or  
why they might leverage ENUM. But they can only do this if it is  
implemented.

So the Regulator should allocate all numbers with ENUM.  Then the  
Regulator will underpin universal service and seed both critical mass  
and low per unit cost.

This is vital as users with numbers will pay in the end.

Will it be used? Who knows. Carriers may start to look at ENUM as a  
simple way to enhance how they offer edge based routing to optimise  
their bilateral relationships with customer configurable services.  
That could be a game changer. Of course customers unhappy with carrier  
services may use ENUM to route around choke points but then they can  
do that today using IP directly at least where carriers don't add  
latency and filtering to their IP access networks.



Christian
Christian de Larrinaga



On 30 Jun 2009, at 16:13, Rui Ribeiro wrote:

> Another strange ideia...
>
> What if operators receive back money from ENUM registers... what if
> the ENUM Registry pays 30% or 40% to the operators that make lookups
> on the tree? It might be pinouts... may not. The "driver" for
> operators will be to get some revenue from the ENUM tree it self
> becoming a source of income. (don't flame me... just giving ideias to
> the discussion).
>
> Rui Ribeiro
> racribeiro at gmail.com
>