Dear Kim and all, First a feedback on the questions: The following 2 questions should be added: 5a. Types of numbers used in the trial? 6a. Types of numbers for production? Response to the question for Austria +43 1. What is the country and E.164 code? CC +43 The Austrian Numbering and Dialing Plan is open and has variable number lenght N(S)N (both area codes and subscriber numbers). See http://www.rtr.at/web.nsf/englisch/Telekommunikation_Nummerierung_Nationale+... . It is defined in the RTR's 6th Ordinance of May 12, 2004 which defines regulations for communication parameters, fees and value-added services (KEM-V). The KEM-V (in German can be downloaded from http://www.rtr.at/web.nsf/englisch/Telekommunikation_Telekommunikationsrecht... The KEM-V defines regarding E.164 numbers the following types of numbersin the number ranges: - geographical numbers (+43 1 to +43 7xxx) - numbers for private networks (+43 5xxxx) - mobile numbers (+43 6xx) - location-independant fixed network numbers (+43 720) - numbers for converged services (ENUM enabled) (+43 780) - free-phone numbers (+43 800) - premium rate and value-added services (+43 8xx and 9xx) 2. Who is the delegate for the E.164 code? With the consent of the Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology granted on June 7, 2002, RTR is the domain name holder for the national ENUM domain 3.4.e164.arpa in Austria. RTR: Rundfunk und Telekom Regulierungs-GmbH (Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications) Mariahilfer Strasse 77-79 A-1060 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 (0) 1 58058 - 0, Fax: +43 (0) 1 58058 - 9191 E-Mail: mailto:rtr@rtr.at Web: http://www.rtr.at 3. The status of deployment (notdelegated>applied>delegated/objected>trial>hiatus>production) Current Status: Trial since september 2002 Production planned November 2004 4.ENUM Project contact details (telephone, email, web) Austrian ENUM Trial Platform http://enum.nic.at Chair: Richard Stastny, +43 664 420 4100, richard.stastny@oefeg.at Vice: Michael Haberler, +43 664 421 3465, mah@nic.at Hosted by: OeFEG Arsenal Objekt 24 PO Box 147 A-1103 Vienna, Austria 5. Is a trial being, or going to be, conducted? yes, trial conducted since September 2002 5a. Types of numbers used in the trial? -geographic numbers -numbers for private networks -mobile numbers 6. Is there work or plans toward full permanent deployment? Yes, production planned November 2004 6a. Types of numbers for production? - geographical numbers - numbers for private networks (+43 5xxxx) - mobile numbers (+43 6xx) - location-independant fixed network numbers (+43 720) - numbers for converged services (ENUM enabled) (+43 780) - free-phone numbers (+43 800) for more details see contract between RTR and enum.at (see below) 7. Who is leading the ENUM project? (government, industry working group, etc.) Austrian ENUM (Trial) Platform Industry working group with goverment (RTR) participation 8. Who operates the ccTLD for that country at present? nic.at nic.at Internet Verwaltungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft m. b. H. Jakob-Haringer-Straße 8 5020 Salzburg Austria Telefon +43 (662) 4669-0 Fax +43 (662) 4669-29 http://www.nic.at 9. What type of organisation runs the ccTLD? (state, private, academic, etc.) private, but owned by IPA (Internet Privatstiftung Austria/Internet Foundation Austria). See http://www.nic.at/en/company/internetaustria/ia_internetaustria.asp 10.What is the ccTLD legal regulation, if any? See charter of the Austrian Domain Registration http://www.nic.at/en/company/internetaustria/ip_ipaprinzipien.asp 11.Who is the current Tier 1 registry? nic.at 12.Who is, or will be, the permanent Tier 1 registry? enum.at enum.at Dienstleistungs GmbH für konvergente Kommunikationsdienste Karlsplatz 1/9 A-1010 Vienna, Austria email: office@enum.at Telefon: +43 (1) 50564 16 - 0 Fax: +43 (1) 50564 16 - 19 web: http://www.enum.at enum.at is also owned by IPA and a sister-company of nic.at 13.How will the Tier 1 registry selection be made? (i.e. decision, license, concession, agreement, public procurement, etc.) decision made Ausgust 2004 by contract between RTR and enum.at until End of 2007 The contract in English can be downloaded from: http://www.rtr.at/web.nsf/englisch/Telekommunikation_Nummerierung_ENUM 14.How will the method of cost recovery for the Tier 1 registry's operations? Monthly fees for Registrars (approx. 0.25 - 0.5 Euro/Month/Domain) 15.Will there be more than one Tier 1 provider for the country? No 16.Will there be ENUM registrars? Yes 17.What will be the ENUM validation technique? Various, also depending on type of number Basic requirements for Registrars and Validation Entities given in the contract between RTR and enum.at 18.Is there/will there be a special number block for ENUM and/or IP Telephony? Yes, - numbers for converged services (ENUM enabled) (+43 780) 19.Is there special treatment for unlisted numbers? No 20.Are there any plans for infrastructure ENUM? 21.What is your ENUM WHOIS address? For the trial: via http://enum.nic.at <http://enum.nic.at> For production: not yet defined The public WHOIS will only contain the domain, if delegated and the Registrar 22.Please provide the history of ENUM trials, projects etc., if any. 2001-08 First consulation by Austrian regulator (RTR) 2002-02 ENUM Workshop RTR, group of interested partners formed 2002-05 Interim procedures from ITU-T SG2 and TSB Delegation request by RTR to RIPE and ITU-TSB 2002-06 Tier 1 Registry in operation by NIC.AT (the Austrian ccTLD) Delegations for 3.4.e164.arpa from RIPE to nic.at Start of development and deployment 2002-07 First draft of policy framework for MoU of trial by RTR 2002-09 Austrian ENUM Trial Platform established Founding Members: RTR, nic.at, Telekom Austria, OeFEG, Siemens, Kapsch carrierCom, Infonova (BearingPoint) ENUM Tier 2 Nameserver (Telekom Austria) in operation First clients available (ENUM queries on public Internet) 2002-10 Web-Portal for registration and modification in operation SIP and H.323 VoIP applications available First Live Demo in Atlanta, GA (VISIONng/VON/TIPHON) Set-up of Call Center and Registrar (Telekom Austria) 2002-11 ENUM Tier 1 Registry processes fully automated (Nic.at) Test of provisioning processes with selected subscribers Policy Framework and MoU ready -> trial started officially with geographic and mobile numbers 2002-12 Ready to invite real ENUM subscribers and users Live demo of all functions at the ITU-T SG-2 meeting in Geneva 2003-01 ETSI TS 102 172 finalized 2003-02 Conversion to ETSI TS 102 172 compliance 2003-10 First part of trial completed, second phase started (business customers) 2003-11 Decision by RTR to allow numbers for private networks in addition 2003-12 Large Scale ENUM and VoIP Pilot started at the Uni Vienna (AT43) 2004-05 Decision by Austrian ENUM Trial Platform to prepare for production 2004-08 Contract between RTR and enum.at on Tier 1 Registry operation 23.What are your future plans? (and dates if available) Launch Production in November 2004 24.What is your date estimate on a production ENUM registry launch? Nov 2004 Launch of production Jan 2005 Start of Billing for Registrars best regards Richard Stastny Chiar Austrian ENUM Trial Platform