OECD Digital Economy Papers
The OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) undertakes a wide range of activities to better understand how information and communication technologies (ICTs) contribute to sustainable economic growth and social well-being. The OECD Digital Economy Papers series covers a broad range of ICT-related issues and makes selected studies available to a wider readership. They include policy reports, which are officially declassified by an OECD Committee, and occasional working papers, which are meant to share early knowledge.
- ISSN: 20716826 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/20716826
ENUM: Converging Telephone Numbers and Addresses in Next Generation Networks
The OECD Document “Convergence and Next Generation Networks” analysed developments in
Next Generation Networks (NGN), and the convergence of core and access networks. The aim of that
paper was to review areas where policy changes may be required and to put forward recommendations for
considerations in areas where change may be necessary to support new developments and to ensure that
telecommunication policy goals can be met.
The paper depicted areas of regulatory interest, arising from the deployment of NGN. The objective
was to identify policy and regulatory issues that government and national regulatory authorities may have
to confront in the framework of the development of core next generation networks. It noted that the issue
of ‘Numbering, naming and addressing” was a policy area that would need further analysis and that ENUM
was one of the potentially significant developments in the converging world of telephone numbering,
naming and addressing.