ENUM Domains
ENUM Domain – What Is It?
ENUM is derived from the term telephone number mapping. ENUM domains make Internet and telecommunication services available under a single telephone number. Under a single ENUM domain, a person's business and home phone, mobile phone, fax, business and private e-mail addresses, video conference addresses or websites may be addressed. The application that is being used at a given moment to get into contact with someone identifies the destination address that corresponds to the ENUM domain. Thus, ENUM automatically ensures that the message is sent to the appropriate device.
Examples:
- E-mail program: e-mail address
- Telephone call: fixed-line phone, mobile phone or IP phone
ENUM Domain – How Does it Work?
ENUM makes use of the Domain Name System (DNS). The linking of telecommunication resources and the Internet is achieved by registering an ENUM domain for a telephone number. For example: The telephone number +49 12345678 is assigned to the ENUM domain 8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1.9.4.arpa, including the domain holder's various communication services.
Since 2006, ENUM domains of the German number space have been registered by DENIC. The ENUM domains administered by DENIC under the German country code +49 are under 9.4.e164.arpa.
An ENUM domain for a particular telephone number can only be registered by the person holding that number. For ENUM domain registrations, DENIC's ENUM Domain Terms and Conditions and ENUM Guidelines apply.
In order to ensure that an ENUM domain is actually registered by the legitimate holder of the corresponding telephone number, DENIC provides a Complaint Procedure.
Read on to learn how :
- You can Register and Update an ENUM Domain
- You can Carry out a Provider Transfer for an ENUM Domain
- You can Renew the Registration of an ENUM Domain
- You can Delete an ENUM Domain and
- How the ENUM Complaint Procedure Works
More information:
Administrative Background Information:
- The ENUM protocol was developed by the ENUM Working Group of the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) and documented in the Internet standard RFC3761.
- E.164 is the standard of ITU (International Telecommunications Union). It describes the international numbering plan..arpa (address and routing parameter area) is a Top Level Domain that is used for infrastructure services.
- The central registry for e164.arpa is RIPE NCC in Amsterdam.
ENUM Domain Request
![ENUM Domain Request [Translate to English:] ENUM Domainabfrage](/fileadmin/public/ENUM_Domainabfrage.jpg)
Documents
- ENUM-Jahresbericht 2022
- ENUM-Jahresbericht 2021 (German Version)
- ENUM-Jahresbericht 2020 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2019 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2018 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2017 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2016 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2015 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2014 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2013 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2012 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2011 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2010 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2009 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2008 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2007 (German Version)
- ENUM Annual Report 2006 (German Version)
- Final Report ENUM Field Test
- Contract Field Test ENUM (German Version)