ABOUT US....
The goal of the Country Code 1 ENUM Limited Liability Company is to build the public infrastructure that will promote the development of ENUM technology in a single, carrier-class manner within the countries of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). the countries of the NANP include the United States, Canada, and some Caribbean nations.
ENUM is a
technology that allows users to combine the resources of the Internet
with
traditional telephony, uniting these two diverse worlds of
communications and
enabling a whole new range of communication applications. The
ENUM system
effectively enables individuals, businesses and other organizations to
maximize
the use of both the public Internet and the Public Switched Telephone
Network
(PSTN) by associating telephone numbers with Internet domain
names.
As a result, phone numbers can be used to send traditional telephony
services
like voice calls or faxes which can be converted to digital packets for
delivery to a variety of devices. A common ENUM
system becomes increasingly essential as applications like voice over
IP (VoIP)
become more widely adopted. The ENUM system bridges the
technology gap
between the public Internet and the Public Switched Telephone Network
so that
VoIP users of different service providers can communicate more simply
with each
other.
We are seeking
to build a commercial implementation consistent with the relevant open
standards of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the
International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) upon which ENUM is based. The
ENUM
LLC will help to implement a single, public ENUM system for
those nations
within the NANP that choose to participate. It is intended
that the North
American implementation of ENUM will adhere to national and industry
privacy
requirements. The ENUM LLC's first task will involve
selection of a
vendor to take the initial steps towards creation of an infrastructure
that
would enable the countries within the NANP to establish their own
national ENUM
implementations. The company will also be responsible for selecting a
vendor to
develop the national infrastructure for the United States.
CC1 ENUM LLC Operating Agreement