Who said ENUM was dead?
"Richard Shockey" <[email protected]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:27:18 -0400
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============5676748263025587630== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0287_01CC7ECD.0ACD8BA0" Content-Language: en-us This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0287_01CC7ECD.0ACD8BA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 =20 Kari Hiatt-Moran | Communications Coordinator CableLabs | 858 Coal Creek Circle, Louisville, CO 80027 303.661.3789 (office) | 303.664.8137 (fax) | = <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] =20 Contact: =20 =20 [email protected] 303-661-9100 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CableLabs=AE Launches Cable=92s PeerConnect=99 Registry for IP = Communications=20 Louisville, Colorado, September 29, 2011 =96 CableLabs=AE today unveiled = the PeerConnect=99 registry, a cable operator service to facilitate = end-to-end IP communications. =20 The PeerConnect registry connects cable operators and their partners so = they can exchange the data necessary to establish voice and video calls, SMS messages and other forms of IP communications between their respective networks. =93The PeerConnect registry allows Comcast to move telephone number translation services inside the IP domain,=94 said Phil Miller, Vice President, Strategic Partnership Development, Comcast Communications and Data services. =93It provides a scalable solution for us to dynamically distribute numbers and other IP voice session routing data to select partners.=94=20 =93Cablevision has been using the PeerConnect registration services for = some time with great success to disseminate IP session routing information to peers. It is a scalable solution for managing peering relationships and = it is built on open standards to advertise session routing data to various valued-added service companies,=94 said Wayne Thompson, Vice President, Telecom and Internet Management at Cablevision Systems Corp.=20 =93This initiative provides each operator an independent and secure way = of managing its data distribution to enable dynamic peering relationships = with cable and non-cable operator companies. In Canada, Shaw is leveraging = the registry resolution service as a number translation service,=94 said = Peter Bissonnette, President of Shaw Communications Inc.=20 The registry service also allows CableLabs member companies deploying = mobile wireless services to distribute the wireless numbers they serve to a = variety of SMS-MMS service providers. =93The PeerConnect registry is part of the SMS-MMS service platform Cox Wireless TMI has been leveraging with great success for its mobile = rollout=94 said R.K. Gopinath, Director, Wireless Product Development & Management = at Cox Communications. Secure and Distributed Service Platform CableLabs has built the PeerConnect registry service working with its = member companies and a vendor ecosystem to simply enable a secure, distributed service platform for the provisioning and distribution of session = related data for SMS-MMS and Voice over IP communications. Endorsed by several = large and small cable operators in the United States and Canada, the = PeerConnect registry has been in production since 2009.=20 =93We have designed this service to accelerate the adoption of = end-to-end IP communications and open up the possibilities for new real-time = communication services=94 said Jean-Fran=E7ois Mul=E9, CableLabs=92 SVP of Technology = Development and the PeerConnect program director since its inception. =93We solved = many parts of the dynamic and distributed provisioning issues by implementing = Web Services and adopting an open protocol framework for data provisioning, resolution and replication working with numerous actors in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to agree on common standards,=94 he said.=20 The PeerConnect registry includes three main service elements:=20 =B7 A registration service allowing cable operators to dynamically provision various service data elements =B7 A resolution service element for cable operators and their = peering partners to perform number translation and routing queries to the = registry using the IETF SIP and ENUM protocols =B7 A replication element to dynamically distribute session = routing data for SMS-MMS and VoIP to select partner companies More information about the PeerConnect registry and how to participate = is available at http://www.cablelabs.com/peerconnect or http://www.peerconnect.com. About CableLabs: Founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry, Cable Television Laboratories is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator = members integrate those advancements into their business objectives. Cable = operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains additional web = sites at <http://www.cablenet.org> www.cablenet.org, <http://www.ebif.tv> www.ebif.tv and <http://www.tru2way.com> www.tru2way.com. Advanced Digital Cable=99, CableCARD=99, CableHome=AE, CableLabs=AE, = CableNET=AE, CablePC=99, DCAS=99, DPoE=99, DOCSIS=AE, EBIF=99, Go2BroadbandSM, = M-Card=99, OpenCable=99, PacketCable=99, PeerConnect=99, and tru2way=AE are marks of Cable = Television Laboratories, Inc. =20 =20 =20 =20 Richard Shockey Shockey Consulting Chairman of the Board of Directors SIP Forum PSTN Mobile: +1 703.593.2683 < <mailto:richard(at)shockey.us> mailto:richard(at)shockey.us> skype-linkedin-facebook: rshockey101 http//www.sipforum.org =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0287_01CC7ECD.0ACD8BA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:x=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" = xmlns:p=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" = xmlns:a=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" = xmlns:dt=3D"uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:s=3D"uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:rs=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z=3D"#RowsetSchema" = xmlns:b=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" = xmlns:ss=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" = xmlns:c=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" = xmlns:odc=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" = xmlns:oa=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" = xmlns:html=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" = xmlns:q=3D"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" = xmlns:rtc=3D"http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" = xmlns:D=3D"DAV:" xmlns:Repl=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" = xmlns:mt=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" = xmlns:x2=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" = xmlns:ppda=3D"http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" = xmlns:ois=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" = xmlns:dir=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" = xmlns:ds=3D"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" = xmlns:dsp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" = xmlns:udc=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" = xmlns:xsd=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" = xmlns:sub=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/"= xmlns:ec=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" = xmlns:sp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" = xmlns:sps=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" = xmlns:xsi=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" = xmlns:udcs=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" = xmlns:udcxf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" = xmlns:udcp2p=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" = xmlns:wf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" = xmlns:dsss=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" = xmlns:dssi=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" = xmlns:mdssi=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-sig= nature" = xmlns:mver=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006= " xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns:mrels=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationshi= ps" xmlns:spwp=3D"http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" = xmlns:ex12t=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"= = xmlns:ex12m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messag= es" = xmlns:pptsl=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/= " = xmlns:spsl=3D"http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/Pub= lishedLinksService" xmlns:Z=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" = xmlns:st=3D"" xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; 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&nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; </span><b><span = style=3D'font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif";color:black'>Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'> </span><span = style=3D'font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif";color:black'> &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; <a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o:p></o:p></spa= n></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'margin-left:2.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span = style=3D'font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif";color:black'>303-661-9100<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong>= <span style=3D'color:black;font-weight:normal'>FOR IMMEDIATE = RELEASE</span></strong><strong><span = style=3D'font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><b><span = style=3D'font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif";color:black'>CableLabs<sup>=AE</sup> Launches = Cable’s PeerConnect™ Registry for IP Communications = </span></b><b><span style=3D'font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p = style=3D'margin-bottom:6.0pt'><strong><span = style=3D'color:black;font-weight:normal'>Louisville, Colorado, = </span></strong><span style=3D'color:black'>September 29, 2011 – = CableLabs<sup>=AE</sup> today unveiled the PeerConnect™ registry, = a cable operator service to facilitate end-to-end IP = communications. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style=3D'color:black'>The = PeerConnect registry connects cable operators and their partners so they = can exchange the data necessary to establish voice and video calls, SMS = messages and other forms of IP communications between their respective = networks.<br><br>“The PeerConnect registry allows Comcast to move = telephone number translation services inside the IP domain,” said = Phil Miller, Vice President, Strategic Partnership Development, Comcast = Communications and Data services. “It provides a scalable solution = for us to dynamically distribute numbers and other IP voice session = routing data to select partners.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span = style=3D'color:black'>“Cablevision has been using the PeerConnect = registration services for some time with great success to disseminate IP = session routing information to peers. It is a scalable solution for = managing peering relationships and it is built on open standards to = advertise session routing data to various valued-added service = companies,” said Wayne Thompson, Vice President, Telecom and = Internet Management at Cablevision Systems Corp. <br><br>“This = initiative provides each operator an independent and secure way of = managing its data distribution to enable dynamic peering relationships = with cable and non-cable operator companies. In Canada, Shaw is = leveraging the registry resolution service as a number translation = service,” said Peter Bissonnette, President of Shaw Communications = Inc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span = style=3D'color:black'>The registry service also allows CableLabs member = companies deploying mobile wireless services to distribute the wireless = numbers they serve to a variety of SMS-MMS service = providers.<br><br>“The PeerConnect registry is part of the SMS-MMS = service platform Cox Wireless TMI has been leveraging with great success = for its mobile rollout” said R.K. Gopinath, Director, Wireless = Product Development & Management at Cox = Communications.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><span style=3D'color:black'>Secure and = Distributed Service Platform</span></b><span = style=3D'color:black'><br>CableLabs has built the PeerConnect registry = service working with its member companies and a vendor ecosystem to = simply enable a secure, distributed service platform for the = provisioning and distribution of session related data for SMS-MMS and = Voice over IP communications. Endorsed by several large and small cable = operators in the United States and Canada, the PeerConnect registry has = been in production since 2009. <br><br>“We have designed this = service to accelerate the adoption of end-to-end IP communications and = open up the possibilities for new real-time communication = services” said Jean-Fran=E7ois Mul=E9, CableLabs’ SVP of = Technology Development and the PeerConnect program director since its = inception. “We solved many parts of the dynamic and distributed = provisioning issues by implementing Web Services and adopting an open = protocol framework for data provisioning, resolution and replication = working with numerous actors in the Internet Engineering Task Force = (IETF) to agree on common standards,” he said. = <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style=3D'margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span = style=3D'color:black'>The PeerConnect registry includes three main = service elements: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;ma= rgin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if = !supportLists]><span style=3D'font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span = style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>=B7<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New = Roman"'> = </span></span></span><![endif]><span style=3D'color:black'>A = registration service allowing cable operators to dynamically provision = various service data elements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;ma= rgin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if = !supportLists]><span style=3D'font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span = style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>=B7<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New = Roman"'> = </span></span></span><![endif]><span style=3D'color:black'>A resolution = service element for cable operators and their peering partners to = perform number translation and routing queries to the registry using the = IETF SIP and ENUM protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;m= argin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if = !supportLists]><span style=3D'font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span = style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>=B7<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New = Roman"'> = </span></span></span><![endif]><span style=3D'color:black'>A replication = element to dynamically distribute session routing data for SMS-MMS and = VoIP to select partner companies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = style=3D'margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style=3D'color:black'>More = information about the PeerConnect registry and how to participate is = available at <a = href=3D"http://www.cablelabs.com/peerconnect">http://www.cablelabs.com/pe= erconnect</a> or <a = href=3D"http://www.peerconnect.com">http://www.peerconnect.com</a>.<o:p><= /o:p></span></p><p style=3D'margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span lang=3DEN = style=3D'color:black'>About CableLabs: Founded in 1988 by members of the = cable television industry, Cable Television Laboratories is a non-profit = research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new = cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator = members integrate those advancements into their business objectives. = Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains = additional web sites at </span><span style=3D'color:black'><a = href=3D"http://www.cablenet.org"><span = lang=3DEN>www.cablenet.org</span></a></span><span lang=3DEN = style=3D'color:black'>, </span><span style=3D'color:black'><a = href=3D"http://www.ebif.tv"><span = lang=3DEN>www.ebif.tv</span></a></span><span lang=3DEN = style=3D'color:black'> and </span><span style=3D'color:black'><a = href=3D"http://www.tru2way.com"><span = lang=3DEN>www.tru2way.com</span></a></span><span lang=3DEN = style=3D'color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'color:black'>Advanced Digital Cable<sup>™</sup>, = CableCARD<sup>™</sup>, CableHome<sup>=AE</sup>, = CableLabs<sup>=AE</sup>, CableNET<sup>=AE</sup>, = CablePC<sup>™</sup>, DCAS<sup>™</sup>, = DPoE<sup>™</sup>, DOCSIS<sup>=AE</sup>, EBIF<sup>™</sup>, = Go2Broadband<sup>SM</sup>, M-Card<sup>™</sup>, = OpenCable<sup>™</sup>, PacketCable<sup>™</sup>, = PeerConnect™, and tru2way<sup>=AE</sup> are marks of Cable = Television Laboratories, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Richard = Shockey<br>Shockey Consulting<br>Chairman of the Board of Directors SIP = Forum<br>PSTN Mobile: +1 703.593.2683<br><<a = href=3D"mailto:richard(at)shockey.us"><span = style=3D'color:blue'>mailto:richard(at)shockey.us</span></a>><br>skype= -linkedin-facebook: rshockey101<br>http//www.sipforum.org</span><span = style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New = Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_0287_01CC7ECD.0ACD8BA0-- --===============5676748263025587630== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ enum mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/enum --===============5676748263025587630==--