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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi Otmar.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thanks for your comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The <b>RFC 4725</b> states the following: "<i>The actual validation methods applied may vary depending on, e.g., the particular party, available data sources, Assignee’s choice, and regulatory requirements. <b>Validation methods are out of scope of this document</b></i>".<o:p></o:p></span></p><pre><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The <b>RFC 5105</b> describes the ENUM Validation Token sent to the Registry on successful completion of a validation.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>So finally both RFCs are not that much of a help for the validation and revalidation process between Registrant and the Validation Entity (VE).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Do you have currently any entity performing the VE role </span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>beyond</span></span><span class=longtext><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>the actual</span></span><span class=longtext><span lang=EN> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN>telco operators</span></span><span lang=EN-US>?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thanks again for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Cheers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Miguel Duarte<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-fareast-language:PT'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Otmar Lendl [mailto:lendl@nic.at] <br>Sent: quarta-feira, 1 de Junho de 2011 16:55<br>To: Miguel Duarte<br>Cc: enum-wg@ripe.net; gestao@voip.fccn.pt<br>Subject: Re: [enum-wg] ENUM Trial - Validation Processes of ENUM Registrants</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On 01.06.2011 13:43, Miguel Duarte wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> We are currently conducting an ENUM Trial together with the Portuguese <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> telecoms regulator ANACOM and several other Portuguese <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> telecommunications companies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> One of our first steps is gathering information about possible <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> validation and revalidation processes of ENUM registrants.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> So all experience, implemented scenarios and/or ideas you might want <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> to share/discuss are more than welcome.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Have a look at RFC 4725 (and perhaps 5105).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Our experience in Austria has been that an ENUM service independent of the PSTN operator for the phone number has almost no market potential.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You need to integrate ENUM in commercial VoIP/phone services. And in that case, validation is trivial as the ENUM registrar is the same entity that allocated the number to the customer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>otmar<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>// Otmar Lendl <<a href="mailto:lendl@nic.at"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>lendl@nic.at</span></a>>, T: +43 1 5056416 - 33, F: - 933 //<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>