[enum-wg] Fwd: [Enum] FYI news on CC 1

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> From: Richard Shockey <richard at shockey.us>
> Date: October 29, 2004 6:09:13 PM CEST
> To: enum at ietf.org
> Subject: [Enum] FYI news on CC 1
>
>
>  I'm hoping to have a "special guest star" at the Monday night meeting 
> to give us some more details on this.
>
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>  For Immediate Release: Media Contact: Jackie Henson McKenna Long and 
> Aldridge LLP 202-496-7549 jhenson at mckennalong.com
>
>  TOP TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INTERNET COMPANIES FORM COUNTRY CODE 1 
> ENUM LLC TO FOSTER NEW INTERNET TELECOM TECHNOLOGY New Organization to 
> Promote Development of Technology to Combine Internet with Traditional 
> Telephony to Offer Streamlined Communication
>
>
>  Washington DC - (October 28, 2004) - Today, several leading 
> telecommunications and Internet companies have announced the formation 
> of a new organization, the Country Code 1 ENUM Limited Liability 
> Company (CC1 ENUM LLC), to build the public infrastructure that will 
> promote the development of ENUM technology in a single, carrier-class 
> manner within the countries of the North American Numbering Plan 
> (NANP). The countries of the NANP include the United States, Canada 
> and the Caribbean nations.
>
>  ENUM is a technology that allows users to combine the resources of 
> the Internet with traditional telephony, uniting these two diverse 
> worlds of communications and enabling a whole new range of 
> communication applications.  The ENUM system effectively enables 
> individuals, businesses and other organizations to maximize the use of 
> both the public Internet and the Public Switched Telephone Network 
> (PSTN) by associating telephone numbers with Internet domain names.   
> As a result, phone numbers can be used to send traditional telephony 
> services like voice calls or faxes which can be converted to digital 
> packets for delivery to a variety of devices.
>
>  A common ENUM system becomes increasingly essential as applications 
> like voice over IP (VoIP) become more widely adopted.  The ENUM system 
> bridges the technology gap between the public Internet and the Public 
> Switched Telephone Network so that VoIP users of different service 
> providers can communicate more simply with each other.
>
>  Through the launch of this new organization, the founding companies 
> are seeking to build a commercial implementation consistent with the 
> relevant open standards of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 
> and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) upon which ENUM is 
> based.  The new company will help to implement a single, public ENUM 
> system for those nations within the NANP that choose to participate.  
> It is intended that the North American implementation of ENUM will 
> adhere to national and industry privacy requirements.  The LLC’s first 
> task will involve selection of a vendor to take the initial steps 
> towards creation of an infrastructure that would enable the countries 
> within the NANP to establish their own national ENUM implementations. 
> The limited liability company will also be responsible for selecting a 
> vendor to develop the national infrastructure for the United States.
>
>  Country Code 1 ENUM LLC will manage the public infrastructure that 
> translates traditional telephone numbers into Internet domain names, 
> combining the reach and capabilities of the Internet with the Public 
> Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to enable new communications 
> capabilities.  CC1 ENUM LLC members include AT&T, GoDaddy.com, MCI, 
> SBC Laboratories, Sprint, and Verizon.
>
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>  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>  Richard Shockey, Senior Manager, Strategic Technology Initiatives
>  NeuStar Inc.
>  46000 Center Oak Plaza  -   Sterling, VA  20166
>  sip:rshockey(at)iptel.org   sip:57141 at fwd.pulver.com
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