January 18, 2006
Will ENUM provide VoIP directory assistance?
With so many telecom, VoIP and mobile services providers it is increasingly becoming difficult to find the phone numbers as there is no directory assistance available. This problem can be solved by ENUM or Telephone Number Mapping which is an internet engineering taskforce standard for directing internet traffic using traditional phone numbers. This standard integrates E 164 phone numbers with IP addressing using the Domain Name System. E164.org enables to access directory of phone numbers over the internet. A DNS zone e164.org is published by the system and is used by various internet applications. This concept will help in mapping phone numbers to an email address, VoIP address or website. It is to be seen whether the telecom companies will implement ENUM or whether the government would have to step in to provide universal directory assistance.
via [ zdnet ]
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