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ENUM Ad Hoc Meeting
Douglas Ranalli
Founder, Chief Strategy Officer
February 12, 2001
HistoryHistory
June 1997: Unifi directory services program.
1998 – 1999: Early work with voice messaging– EMA and VMA joint initiative.– Lucent, Nortel, Comverse, Siemens, Unisys, etc.
October 1999: NetNumber stand-alone– Raised $9.5 million VC funding.
May 2000: First production release
November 2000: ENUM compliant
Current ViewCurrent View
Pro competition – not against “e164.arpa”.
Clear value in ENUM as a technical standard.
Not convinced that an “exclusive” “e164.arpa” implementation is a winner for the industry.
NetNumber’s focus is on the adoption of ENUM in the market.
– ENUM service provider.
ENUM ChallengesENUM Challenges
Tier-1 Challenge:– “e164.arpa” is a distributed solution– Administration by every ITU Member State– No guarantee of efficient deployment
Tier-2 Challenge:– Tier-1 points to a single Tier-2– No guarantee that an exclusive Tier-2 provider will
provide access to NAPTR records.
““e164.arpa” Market Riskse164.arpa” Market Risks
Time to market– How long will “e164.arpa” take to evolve?
Participation consistency– Will “e164.arpa” yield a global solution?
Policy consistency– Who gets to run Tier-2 under “e164.arpa”?– Will every country agree on a competitive structure?
Pricing consistency– Will pricing promote the growth of ENUM?– Will many small providers be efficient?
Competitive AlternativeCompetitive Alternative
Embrace three types of ENUM services– Private ENUM “e164.company.com”– Commercial ENUM “e164.com”– Public ENUM “e164.arpa”
ENUM Resolver isolates application.– Customer defines set of domains to query– Resolver returns full set of addresses.
Common Requirement– Validation of subscriber intent
Will Competition Help?Will Competition Help?
Time to market– How long will “e164.arpa” take to evolve?
Participation consistency– Will “e164.arpa” yield a global solution?
Policy consistency– Will every country agree on a competitive structure?
Pricing consistency– Will pricing promote the growth of ENUM?
ConclusionConclusion
Embrace competitive environment
Participate in “e164.arpa” if consistent with US policy.
Explore regulatory environment in US around “ENUM validation”.
