The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association for the mobile industry, and NeuStar, a provider of clearinghouse and directory services to the global communications and internet industry, have announced the successful completion of the pilot of their Carrier ENUM service.
The service automatically translates a phone number into an IP-based address, making it simple and transparent for users to initiate a wide range of IP-based communications via their existing phone numbers and handset address books.
Recently branded PathFinder, the service is now generally available to mobile and fixed network operators, carriers and related service providers. The PathFinder service pilot achieved an industry first by successfully exchanging international packet voice and MMS traffic enabled via a global, fully interoperable deployment of Carrier ENUM, validating ENUM as an effective solution to IP-based routing and interconnection.