ENUM in neighbour countries, Germany

12 September 2007 – ENUM Day conference, Prague

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Overview

DENIC eG – company profile

ENUM – technical project and deployment

ENUM – market in Germany

ENUM – regulatory environment in Germany

ENUM - conclusion

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Introduction to DENIC eG

• DENIC eG is the German registry for .de and ENUM domains

• Operation of the name server• Operation of the registration system and the domain database• Offering of various information services like whois• Setting of DISPUTEs during domain conflicts

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DENIC - History

80s First voluntary name server service in Germany at the University of Dortmund DE-NIC

1994 Start of operational service at the University of Karlsruhe

1996 Founding of DENIC eG

1997 Start of business services in Frankfurt/Main

2002 ENUM trial for .9.4.e164.arpa

2006 Start of ENUM operational service

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DENIC - Philosophy

DENIC’s duty as non-profit cooperative that’s open for new members, is to serve the community by delivering superior quality services to all

OpenStructure

Neutral

Non-Profit• Administers .de and ENUM domains as a non-profit

cooperative without intent of making a profit• Responsible to all parties with an interest in the Internet

• Open structure permits new members to enter quickly and easily (> 250 members)

• Contributes to the rapid growth of the Internet in Germany

• Majority consensus of all concerned parties is sought on major issues - ensures support for all DENIC decisions

• DENIC is neutral, non-discriminating and independent - rigorously

supports internationally accepted standards for TLD and ENUM

administration

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DENIC – Name Server Locations

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Overview

DENIC eG – company profile

ENUM – technical project and deployment

ENUM – market in Germany

ENUM – regulatory environment in Germany

ENUM - conclusion

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ENUM – what are we talking about anyways?

Public Private

User

Infrastructure

9.4.e164.arpa

9.4.e164i.arpai[nfrastructure].9.4.e164.arpa

9.4.enum.company.com

9.4.gprs

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ENUM deployment - Germany

• Trial started in September 2002

• Production phase began in January 2006

• Registry/Registrar model, similar to the one for .de domain

• Almost all number ranges available for registration

• No regulation (§ 66 TKG: Exception for the administration of domain names )

• Validation by the registrar using a self-selected method (initially and ongoingly every 12 months)

• Bi-annual „ENUM Day“ for the public

• Registration were up to approximately 7.000

• Charging started in April 2007: x Euro/order (or /year)

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• ENUM-RRI

• ENUM-MRI

• Web-Interface

Registration of ENUM domains

The registration is managed by DENIC members.

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Overview

DENIC eG – company profile

ENUM – technical project and deployment

ENUM – market in Germany

ENUM – regulatory environment in Germany

ENUM - conclusion

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Crossing the chasm into mainstream

Chasm

ENUM has yet to cross the chasm:

… which requires total and safe integrated solutions

… based on convergence of network, application and processes

The ENUM market in Germany is still in the Early Adopter Stage.

Today:

Enthusiasts and Visionaries

Innovators

Early Adopters

Early Majority

Late Majority

Laggards

Source: Geoffrey MooreMarketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customer

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Metrics: ENUM NAPTR Sets

1. 51007: +44 (UK   ) 2. 31886: +41 (Switzerland  ) 3. 30979: +43 (Austria   ) 4. 23425: +49 (Germany   ) 5. 12808: +82 (Korea, Republic   ) 6. 10013: +81 (Japan   ) 7. 3135: +46 (Sweden   ) 8. 1830: +420 (Czech Republic   ) 9. 743: +421 (Slovakia   ) 10. 139: +48 (Poland   ) 11. 49: +353 (Ireland   ) 13. 6: +359 (Bulgarien   ) 14. 2: +55 (Brasilien   ) 15. 2: +423 (Liechtenstein   )

(Source: http://crawler.enum.at, Sept. 2007)

Naming Authority Pointer:

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Metrics: Number of ENUM Domains

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Almost 70 members are offering ENUM Domains:

http://www.denic.de/de/enum/registrierung/enum-liste/index.jsp

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Metrics: Slight increase in ENUM NAPTR sets

Domains

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… due to larger numbering blocks respectively domains

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ENUM Queries

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Overview

DENIC eG – company profile

ENUM – technical project and deployment

ENUM – market in Germany

ENUM – regulatory environment in Germany

ENUM - conclusion

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Regulatory Environment in Germany• The National Regulatory Agency (NRA) in Germany is Bundesnetzagentur

• Public User ENUM is outside the scope of regulation in Germany.

• The German regulator is not looking at Public Infrastructure ENUM at all .

• Ongoing investigations on a VoIP Interconnection Regime (Successor of the PSTN

Interconnection Regime)

• Several working groups are dealing with this issue

(AKNN, ATRT).

• VoIP Interconnection (NGN) is still in progress.

• VoIP Interconnection (Internet) is not being considered at present.

• A decentralized procedure for LNP is intended to be modified slightly

• Infrastructure ENUM (Private and/or Public) may play an important role for the

Interconnection of PSTN/NGN, Mobile Networks and Internet in future.

• The future role of the European Regulatory Agency is not clear yet.

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Overview

DENIC eG – company profile

ENUM – technical project and deployment

ENUM – market in Germany

ENUM – regulatory environment in Germany

ENUM - conclusion

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…Looking in the crystal ball

VoIP

RFID

ENUM (User, Infrastructure in coexistence)-Unified Communications-Location Awareness-Mobile Payments,…

Years to mainstream adoption: Less than 2 years 2 to 5 years 5 to 10 years

The slope of Enlightenment goes in hand with increasing realism. The phase is still characterized by experiments to understand the benefits and practical applications.The plateau of productivity will be reached, when the benefits are widely demonstrated and accepted.

The Technology Hype Cycle and the customer view

IPV6

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Thank you

Heike Schmidt-Hunkel

schmidt-hunkel@denic.de

Tel: +49 69 27235 0

Fax: +49 69 27235 235

http://www.denic.de

enum@denic.de

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ENUM players - Germany

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Tier 1: Country Specific Registry - DENIC eG

• Managing and operating the ENUM domain .9.4.e164.arpa

• Locking up the basic tasks and responsibilities of the participants

• Name server service for .9.4.e164.arpa

• Providing a fully automated ENUM registration system

Tier 2: DENIC Member

• Carrying out the domain applications on behalf of the domain holder

• Providing various ENUM services to the customer

• Validation, where appropriate in cooperation with a validation agency

• Forwarding the domain holder's requests and information to DENIC

• Providing the domain holder with the DENIC ENUM Domain Guidelines

and DENIC ENUM Domain Terms and Conditions

The Registry/Registrar model

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Which number ranges are available?

Permitted number ranges in Germany

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Definitions Geoffrey Moore

Innovators: Enthusiasts try any new technology

Early Adopters:Visionaries seek competitive advantage through revolutionary breakthrough

Early Majority:Pragmatics want evolutionary change and ‚safe‘ choices

Late Majority:Conservatives avoid risk and are price sensitive

Laggards:Sceptics maintain the status quo

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The Gartner Technology Hype Cycle

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Gartner Definitions of the Hype Cycle Stages