Re: EC Workshop on IP voice and convergence
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:43:14 +0100
- Organization: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
Michael, Gordon -
related, but from another region:
CHILE
The Challenges of IP Telephony
http://www.thelink.lu/live/newsletters/The%20l.i.n.k.%20-%20Issue%2024.htm#1033
Regards,
-C.
Michael Haberler wrote:
this looks very relevant, timely and - at first reading - addressing the
relevant issues.
The Ficora decision on Sonera VoIP *really* is a disaster and has the
ability to stop VoIP, but als other converged services based on ENUM in
its tracks because of the narrow interpretation of "e164 number use
makes it publically available telephone service".
And that makes me very wary in my role of getting +43 ENUM out of the
gates. But if the Finnish model becomes the model of reference, the
whole industry has a major problem within the EC footprint. That is
totally aligned with the fact that some telcos try to throw sand into
the gearbox. Combined with the nature of the Internet this will just
foster offshore services as a consequence, and that cant be the
direction we're heading.
If regulators would have taken a stance like that during GSM rollout a
decade ago regarding CALEA, emergency call location, speech qualitiy and
coverage, we definitely would not have todays cellular service market.
It seems appropriate to me to give the IP communications industry a
similar time window to develop services and address those issues over time.
BTW it is also time to review at the justification of asymmetric
termination of mobile operators - it isnt required for growth of the
mobile industry anymore and it barrs resources from the PSTN operators
towards broadband rollout.
I would be interested in what the intended process of commenting,
collecting inputs and trickling it down to the member states is - will
there be a discussion, consultation?
-Michael
At 10:44 11.02.2004, Carsten Schiefner wrote:
Colleagues,
not _totally!_ ENUM related but still close enough, I believe. Please
distribute as widely as possible.
Thanks & best,
Carsten Schiefner
