Overview of AsiaPacific Region Progress with ENUM issues

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Overview of Asia-Pacific RegionProgress with
ENUM issues
ASTAP03-FR07-RLG-03

• Bruce Matthews
• Acting Executive Manager
• Telecommunications Licensing Group
• Australian Communications Authority

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Overview
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• What is happening with ENUM in the Asia-Pacific
  region?
• What regulatory arrangements exist in
  Asia-Pacific countries that are relevant to ENUM
  implementation?
• What are the regional issues relevant to ENUM?
• What opportunities are there for regional
  cooperation on ENUM?

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ASTAP ENUM activity
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• Presentation at 5th ASTAP Forum (November 2001)
• Discussions at 6th ASTAP Forum (June 2002)
• Distribution of ACA survey on ENUM activity in
  Asia-Pacific region
• Proposal for APT ENUM Workshop

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ASTAP ENUM Survey
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• Current interest in ENUM implementation
• involvement in international discussions
• progress in implementing ENUM
• Regulatory arrangements in Asia-Pacific countries
  relevant to ENUM implementation
• allocation use of e.164 numbers domain names
• data protection, privacy and security regulation

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Overview of survey results
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• Responses received from 10 countries
• Various of levels of involvement
• Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Taiwan and
  Singapore are currently studying ENUM issues at
  national level
• China, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore have been
  delegated ENUM country code top level domain
• Other countries not actively involved (at
  national or international level) but closely
  observing other country activities

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Regulatory arrangements for ENUM in Asia-Pacific
region
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• No specific ENUM regulatory arrangements in place
  in Asia-Pacific region at the current time
• Most respondents have different arrangements for
  regulating DNS and e.164
• Privacy and security issues are primary focus of
  regulatory studies

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Common characteristics of national ENUM
activities in Asia-Pacific region
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• Studying commercial and regulatory aspects
• Broad involvement and consultation
• traditional telco eg. regulators, operators and
  service providers
• Internet DNS community
• consumer/user groups
• Trial arrangements being implemented
• Some differentiation between user ENUM and
  operator ENUM

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Application of existing regulatory arrangements
to ENUM
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• National ENUM arrangements generally occurring
  outside of existing regulatory structures
• Objectives of ENUM studies including considering
  appropriate regulatory and administrative
  structures for ENUM
• Ongoing analysis of application of existing
  telecommunications regulation to ENUM

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Japan
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• MPHPT studying regulatory issues
• Considering ENUM trial
• Interest in security and privacy issues
• Administrative and operational arrangements under
  study

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Korea
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• ENUM National Trial implementation (MIC funding)
• ENUM test bed project established Feb 03
• Broad involvement from DNS and telephony
  community
• Interest in commercial applications

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China
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• Ministry of Information Industry oversight
• Study of technical and administrative issues
• Detailed ENUM trial plan is being prepared
• Active involvement in ITU-T (SG2) discussions
• Security and reliability issues very important
• Several carriers / vendors / service providers
  show great interest

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Taiwan
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• Joint government, research, telecommunications
  company and ISPs involvement
• Establishment of ENUM test bed
• Seminars, workshops and study groups
• Interest in determining successful business
  models
• http//trial.enum.org.tw
• www.enum.org.tw

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Singapore
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• Singapore received its country code top level
  delegation
• Exploring the technical issues relating to ENUM
• Working toward a trial of ENUM
• Liaising with industry regarding ENUM issues

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Australia
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• ACA currently coordinating ENUM discussions
• Workshops and seminars organised, and ENUM
  discussion group formed
• Developing ENUM trial, expected early in 2004

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Opportunities for regional cooperation
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• Information sharing
• experiences outcomes of trials
• ENUM-based (commercial) applications
• Interoperability and interworking
• extension of national trials to enable regional
  trials?
• regional standardisation to support commercial
  applications?
• Consideration of ENUM-based most attractive to
  Asia-Pacific region

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Other regional issues?
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• Development of consistent regulatory and
  administrative approaches
• privacy and security
• focus on regulatory issues for applications that
  have a regional focus
• Advantages of transparent approach

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Conclusion
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• Although implementation of ENUM in Asia-Pacific
  region is at an early stage, there is significant
  opportunity for information exchange on ENUM
• Significant experience and knowledge on ENUM in
  Asia-Pacific region
• Asia-Pacific region has opportunity to benefit as
  a whole from knowledge experience from member
  countries
• relevance of ENUM to other standardisation issues
  should not be forgotten
• Ongoing cooperation is strongly encouraged

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More information
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• Bruce Matthews
• Acting Executive Manager
• Telecommunications Licensing Group
• Australian Communications Authority
• bruce.matthews_at_aca.gov.au
• [phone]