Dear colleagues, first of all, on behalf of the ENUM WG Co-Chairs I wish you all a Happy New 2012! ENUM-wise, it didn't start too bad: we have already been able to see the announcement of XConnect and DE-CIX wrt. an NGN/VoIP communications exchange where one core component is ENUM: http://www.xconnect.net/german-federation/ In case you havn't yet read about it, please find below what some news portals have to say about it; the last two articles are in German. Best regards, Carsten Schiefner on behalf of the ENUM WG Co-Chairs === XConnect, DE-CIX plan NGN/VoIP communications exchange http://www.telecompaper.com/news/xconnect-de-cix-plan-ngnvoip-communications... XConnect Announces Partnership with Germany's DE-CIX http://www.voipmonitor.net/2012/01/17/XConnect+Announces+Partnership+With+Ge... XConnect Announces Major Partnership with DE-CIX to Create Germany's First Next Generation Network/VoIP Communications Exchange http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/xconnect-announces-major-partnership... XConnect, DE-CIX partner on first nextgen networkVoIP federation in Germany http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/xconnect-de-cix-partner-... XConnect Forms Partnership with DE-CIX to Create Next Generation Network/VoIP Communications Exchange in Germany http://www.techzone360.com/news/2012/01/23/6069085.htm Deutscher Internetknoten baut VoIP- und Videotelefonie-Netz auf http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Deutscher-Internetknoten-baut-VoIP-un... DE-CIX und XConnect vereinbaren Technologie-Partnerschaft http://www.portel.de/nc/nachricht/artikel/55753-de-cix-und-xconnect-vereinba...