AN ABRIDGED HISTORY OF ENUM
- 1999
- IETF ENUM Working Group formed.
- 2000
- IETF ENUM Working Group publishes RFC 2916, the precursor to the current ENUM standard (RFC 3761, implemented in 2004).
- 2001
- Various International Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) workshops concerning ENUM conducted in Europe, Asia and North America.
- 2002
- ITU-T publishes interim procedures in conjunction with the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and the Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC).
- 2002
- The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) publishes its technical specifications for “ENUM Administration in Europe.”
- 2003
- The ETSI publishes its technical specifications for "Minimum Requirements for Interoperability of European ENUM Trials."
- 2003
- The IETF issues a new ENUM revision.
- 2003
- Open registration of ENUM services through the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).
- 2003
- ITU-T issues final procedures for the ENUM domain.
- 2003-04
- ETSI hosts ENUM Workshop and Plugtest.
- 2004
- IETF publishes RFC 3761, which remains the ENUM standard today. It encompasses Enumservices registration, commercial private ENUM services and public ENUM (E.164.arpa).
- 2005
- Asia Pacific ENUM Engineering Team (APEET) coordinates ENUM/SIP live trial in Kyoto (APRICOT conference).
- 2006
- U.S. Public User ENUM trial formation announced.
