The U.S. government is supporting ENUM, a new electronic numbering system that would provide a “single identifier” to consolidate each consumer?s different numbers–telephone, e-mail and instant messaging addresses, faxes, and cell phones–under onenumber. ENUM would seamlessly translate telephone numbers into Internet addresses and vice versa without requiring effort from consumers. The Federal Communications Commission and Commerce and State Departments are collaboratively developing the newstandard, which is supported by 13 other countries. Communications security experts in the U.S. and abroad will review the system to ensure consumer data protection before it is enacted. The U.S. government insists on high security, competition, andprivacy standards for ENUM, and is working with the International Telecommunications Union on global standards for electronic numbering.
Refrences:
-ENUM Official web site:
http://www.enum.org/
-FCC Chairman Powell’s Letter to State Dept’s David GrossBacks @
http://www.fcc.gov/commissioners/powell/gross_enum_lette r-021303.pdf
What do you think the impact of ENUM implementation be on Telecom industry, customers (both End-users and subscribers), security and privacy standards?
Thanks in advance.