ENUM Readiness and Trial Implementation Status in Australia

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ENUM Readiness and Trial Implementation Status in
Australia

• Paul White
• Telecommunications Licensing Group
• Australian Communications Authority
• APT Workshops on ENUM and IDN
• May 21-22, Brunei Darussalam

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Overview

• Australian telecommunications regulatory
  environment
• Implementation of ENUM in Australia
• ENUM trial structure
• Trial update and status
• Important issues to be resolved
• Conclusion

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Australian telecommunications regulatory
environment
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Australian telecommunications regulatory
environment

• The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) is
  a government regulator of radiocommunications and
  telecommunications. ACA is responsible for
  developing the Numbering Plan and administering
  numbers. (Note ACA to become Australian
  Communications and Media Authority on 1 July
  2005)
• Industry self-regulation is strongly encouraged,
  generally through the Australian Communications
  Industry Forum (ACIF)
• Australian Competition Consumer Commission
  (ACCC) regulates telco competition price issues
• .au Domain Administration (auDA) is responsible
  for managing the Australian Top Level Country
  Code domain

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Implementation of ENUM in Australia

• Australian Communications Authority is
  facilitating to process for establishing an ENUM
  trial in Australia
• Formed the Australian ENUM Discussion Group in
  March 2003
• The group is a consultative body, comprising
  members from
• Telecommunications industry
• Internet service providers
• Universities
• Privacy and Consumer groups

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Implementation of ENUM in Australia

• The mission of the Australian ENUM Discussion
  Group is to provide a forum and make
  recommendations to assist industry to respond to
  the policy, regulatory, technical and commercial
  implications of the introduction of ENUM.

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ENUM trial structure
TIER 1 Registry
TIER 2 Registrars
Consumers
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ENUM trial structure

• Trial will be conducted in three parts
• This will allow some of the technical aspects of
  ENUM to proceed whilst policy issues are being
  resolved
• Part 1
• This section of the trial will use a new number
  range
• 0590 000 000 0599 999 999
• These numbers will be for ENUM trial use only
• No connectivity to the public switched telephone
  network

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ENUM trial structure

• Part 2
• Introduction of some existing digital mobile
  numbers
• Explore technical and regulatory issues regarding
  connection between the public telephone network
  and the Internet
• Part 3
• Introduction of some geographic telephone numbers

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Trial update and status

• Trial framework has been established
• ACA will soon apply to ITU for delegation of
  .1.6.e164.arpa
• Privacy guidelines have been finalised
• Security Arrangements for Part 1 of the trial
  have been finalised
• Project timeline for the ENUM trial has been
  proposed

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Trial update and status

• Privacy guidelines have been finalised
• A WHOIS service will operate for the purposes of
  technical support, but will not disclose
  personally identifiable information
• Registry and Registrars to be treated as
  organisations under the Privacy Act 1988
• All personal information collected during the
  trial to be de identified once the trial has
  concluded
• No additional access to data in the Tier 1
  Registry for law enforcement, other than that
  required by existing laws

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Trial update and status

• Security guidelines for Part 1 of trial have been
  finalised
• Part 1 of the trial represents a low security
  risk
• Registrant must be contactable by telephone/email
• Authentication/authorisation is done via a PIN
  number or password
• Part 1 arrangements are disposable
• Industry to develop more robust methods for
  authentication/authorisation during Part 1 of the
  trial

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Trial update and status

• Proposed timing of trial
• ACA to call for expressions of interest for a
  trial Tier 1 Registry Operator in June 2004
• Trial Tier 1 Registry Operator selected in July
  2004
• Trial to commence in second half of 2004
• Trial will run for minimum 12 months, with option
  to extend for another 12 months

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Important issues to be resolved

• Numbering
• Number Plan has to be amended to allow Australian
  E164 numbers to be used for ENUM
• Customers Rights of Use to E164 numbers and
  domain names
• Guidelines to be established regarding the
  contrast in rights of use of E164 numbers and
  ENUM domains.
• For example if I no longer have the right to use
  the telephone number 61 3 9963 6882 then do I
  lose the right to use the matching ENUM domain
  2.8.8.6.3.6.9.9.3.6.1.e164.arpa

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Important issues to be resolved

• Authentication Authorisation
• Secure, online system for validation of ENUM
  subscribers needs to be developed
• Current arrangements are only suitable for use
  with an ENUM-only number range, that is
  restricted to the Internet
• Protecting the integrity of the telephone network
  is a priority
• http//www.aca.gov.au/telcomm/telephone_numbering/
  
• enum_nsg2/enum7.htm

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Important issues to be resolved

• Interest in ENUM
• Consumer interest in subscribing to ENUM services
• Industry interest in committing to an ENUM
  infrastructure and providing ENUM services

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More information

• Available at
• www.aca.gov.au
• or email me
• enum_at_aca.gov.au