A general statement: There seems to be a confusion with the terms telco and communication service provider For the avaoidance of doubt: To request an E.164 number in Austria you need to be a communication service provider according to the Austrian telecommunication law To be a telecommunication service provider no licence is necessary, the only requirement is to notify the regulator from the fact you are considering yourself a CSP. This is also complienat to the EU regulatory framework Richard ________________________________ Von: enum-wg-admin@ripe.net im Auftrag von Alexander Mayrhofer Gesendet: Mi 20.04.2005 12:55 An: chenhui@cnnic.cn Cc: lwc@roke.co.uk; lendl@nic.at; enum-wg@ripe.net Betreff: Re: [enum-wg] Austria starts with the ENUM-based number range chenhui@cnnic.cn wrote:
Axelm,
For 1), Does it mean that in Austria, the session-control equipments (as you said, the several components, and maybe including softswitch?) in Telco network all support ENUM?
No, i didn't say that. I said that this would be a way to implement it. They would have to add such equipment to their network.
For 2), Who possess(take charge in assigning) the 780 number range? Users should have a 780 number first and then have a corresponding domain,yes?
The assignment is done be the regulator via communication service providers. The 780 range is an exception from the usual ENUM procedure: For 780, you register the _domain_ first, and if you successfully aquire the domain, your CSP qualifies for the corresponding number assignment.
For 3), I think the whole charge module can be refered to some aspects, not just registry. For example, different ENUM services(call/Voicemail/conference..) can have more charge module than '"per-delegation" based model'.
Sure. But that is up to the service providers, which "package" the ENUM delegation together with eg. SIP service, fax box, voicemail, IM gatewaying.
BTW,what kinds of ENUM services have been provided in Austria except call?
We're investigating usage scenarios including SMS/text/IM, Fax, Video-SIP/UMTS and presence (that's us, the registry guys. I can't speak for the CSP community of course, i'm hoping they work on other topics, too). cheers axelm