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Skriven 2004-09-08 22:49:25 av Steve Asher (3:800/432.0)
Ärende: "Enum" Phone & Email Directory
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The last thing I want is a directory tying my telephone
number to my email address to "allow" me to receive
"offers" and other "important" messages from politicians,
government departments, online pharmacies and the like. :)

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Government consults on plan for phone and email directory 
Scheme would link terrestrial addresses and numbers with 
internet information

Sarah Arnott, Computing 07 Sep 2004

The government has launched a consultation on plans to create 
a searchable database linking names and telephone numbers with 
internet information such as email addresses.

Under the 'Enum' scheme, anybody would be able to search on a 
given phone number to find out currently un-listed information 
such as email address, mobile phone number and website.

The Department of Trade and Industry has approached key stakeholders
for their views on the best way of taking the plan forward. It wants
feedback on everything from the management structure for running the
registry to the authentication of entries.

The scheme is significant because it will link telephone numbers 
with the internet, says the consultation paper.

'The potential significance of Enum is that is provides a bridge
bewteen the disparate systems of telephone numbers and internet
identities,' says the document.

'Although there is a wide range of views on the prospects for 
Enum, such a bridge could become important as telco networks 
and the internet converge in the future.'

The current plan is for Enum to be a commercial initiative, developed
and run by market players. A key concern for the consultation is to
establish how the management of Enum, which is logically a monopoly,
can be squared with the aim for an open and competitive telecoms
market.

'The DTI is particularly concerned that the arrangements should not
allow existing large companies such as the larger telecommunications
operators and internet service providers to gain undue influence in
Enum.

'The openness and competitive neutrality of the arrangements are
especially important,' says the consultation.

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Spurce: Vnunet - http://www.vnunet.com/news/1157882


Cheers, Steve...

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