<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2658.34"> <TITLE>RE: [enum-wg] ENUM motivation</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Joao, There was a conference in Lisbon in November last discussing the various aspects of the ENUM play/s motivation etc. A number of people were in attendance from Telecom Portugal, I would be happy to discuss these contact with you bilaterally. Perhaps the forum is not the best place to ask these questions, but there are certainly folks who have interesting views. My own view is that this standard radically simplifies some of the more complex PSTN addressing problems and multiplicity of addressing issues consumers face. The markets are going to have to decide to a large extent how this standard develops. You may have noticed that the NANP, country code 1 (USA) delegation was approved yesterday. That might bring even more momentum to adoption of the standard. Regards, Ronan Ronan Lupton Senior Regulatory Manager & EMEA Interconnect Policy International Affairs Verizon Business Lower Erne St. Dublin 2. Ireland Tel: +353-1-2474525 Fax: +353-1-2474545 ENUM: +35315069888 <A HREF="mailto:ronan.lupton@ie.verizonbusiness.com">mailto:ronan.lupton@ie.verizonbusiness.com</A> Verizon and MCI are now operating as Verizon Business -----Original Message----- From: enum-wg-admin@ripe.net [<A HREF="mailto:enum-wg-admin@ripe.net">mailto:enum-wg-admin@ripe.net</A>] On Behalf Of Joao Pereira Sent: 16 February 2006 17:18 To: enum-wg@ripe.net Subject: [enum-wg] ENUM motivation Hello We are beginning the request phase to the 1.5.3.e164.arpa in Portugal and we still have some doubts about the main motivation towards this technology, that would be from: - Traditional Telcos ? No, they want to bill all calls.... - New Telcos ? No, they want to keep their VoIP networks closed... - IP Telephony integrators (Alcatel, Cisco, Siemens,...)? Maybe... but they usually work together with the Telcos - the end users ? Yes :) Is this user interest going to be enough? And are they willing to pay for this registration? They can use free ENUM trees.... How can we push for more ENUM registrations in the e164.arpa tree? Thanks Joao Pereira FCCN </BODY> </HTML>