numeros para los dominios .tel

Summary and Analysis of Comments

• To: "tel-numeric-only-domains@xxxxxxxxx" <tel-numeric-only-domains@xxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Summary and Analysis of Comments
• From: Francisco Arias <francisco.arias@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:40:00 -0800

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Summary and Analysis of Comments for: Allow allocation of 

numeric-only domains (excluding single-digit) in .TEL   Summary: 

  The comment period was open from 14 October to 13 November 2010. 

Three comments were received before the closing date; one comment 

was received after the close of the comment period. All comments 

can be viewed at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/tel-numeric-only-domains/   

Overall there was no clear consensus view on whether or not the 

amendment should be approved; each commenter provided input 

suggesting a different path.   Analysis:   Matthias Jungbauer, 

supports the proposal. He proposes ³to create only real existing 

phone numbers as tel domains² by cooperating with phone companies. 

  Volodya does not explicitly support to the proposal, but proposes

 that the country code will be a forced addition to the domain in 

order to avoid ³US centricity², also recognizing that it would 

increase the complexity of verification mechanisms.   

Tim Ruiz (registrar GoDaddy.com, Inc.) opposes the proposal 

stating that requesting this change through the Registry Service 

Evaluation Policy (RSEP) process is inappropriate since it does not

 simply involve a new Registry Service as defined under the RSEP, 

but rather involves a fundamental change to .TEL charter.   

Tim also comments that it is unfair to other applicants and 

potential applicants to allow a sTLD to change its purpose after 

it has been delegated. He further adds that Telnic's promise not

 to allow numeric-only second-level registrations was a fundamental

 aspect of its application and a primary reason why .TEL was 

awarded to Telnic and not Pulver (another bidder for .TEL sTLD

 at the time). He concludes that this request cannot be granted 

without requiring the rebidding of the .TEL sTLD itself, giving 

an opportunity for others to bid competitively.   

Tim also expressed concern about ³certain other recent [RSEP] 

requests² by sTLDs for similar reasons, without further specifying.

   Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO of Telnic Limited (.TEL registry) 

submitted a response to Tim Ruiz¹s comment after the close of the 

public comment period. He asserts that the proposal is not a 

fundamental change to the nature of .TEL, since the restriction 

on all-numeric strings has nothing to do with the nature of .TEL 

and was instead a measure put in place to address initial concerns 

about potential conflicts with ENUM. He states that .TEL¹s purpose,

 as described in its charter, is to serve the community of users

 who wish to use a TLD to store and publish their contact 

information in the DNS. He concludes that the removal of the r

estriction for numeric-only domains is therefore non-essential 

to the core mission of.TEL.   Khashayar further commented that: 

 * The requirement to restrict availability of numeric-only names

 was established to address an isolated concern that existed at

 that time: the concern of a conflict between the .TEL concept

 and ITU¹s ENUM system. He adds that time and the growing 

understanding of the .TEL technology has proven such a 

conflict does not exist. He points out that the proposal, 

by excluding single-digit domains, avoids the perceived conflict 

with ENUM;   * Telnic¹s sTLD proponent competitor (Pulver)

 mentioned by Tim Ruiz proposed an ENUM competitor system while 

Telnic¹s bid was specifically avoided such competition with ENUM 

by limiting the purposes of .TEL domain names. He remarked that

 was the reason why Telnic won the bid over Pulver and not because

 of the numeric-only restriction; and,  * The RSEP is the process 

that has been used in the past for similar proposals and therefore

 sees no reason why the RSEP should not apply to this request.  

  Next Steps:   ICANN will consider approval of the proposed 

amendment to the .TEL Agreement, taking into account the comments

 received.   Commenters:   2010 Oct 23  - Matthias Jungbauer  

 2010 Oct 26  - Volodya   2010 Nov 13  - Tim Ruiz   2010 Nov 16  

- Vladimir Shadrunov / Khashayar Mahdavi  Best regards,  __  

Francisco Arias gTLD Registry Technical Liaison ICANN Phone: 

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