GoDaddy.com
Joins Forces With Top Telecommunications Companies to
Form Country Code 1 ENUM LLC [October 29, 2004]
SCOTTSDALE,
Ariz. (October 29, 2004) – The Go Daddy Group,
Inc., parent company of GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar
of new domain names, announced a partnership with several
leading telecommunications companies in forming Country
Code 1 ENUM LLC (“ENUM LLC”). The main objective
of ENUM LLC is to build a public infrastructure that
promotes the development of ENUM technology in a single,
carrier-class manner within the countries of the North
American Numbering Plan (“NANP”), including
the United States, Canada and the Caribbean nations.
Using
the relevant open standards of the Internet Engineering
Task Force and the International Telecommunication Union,
ENUM LLC hopes to build a commercial implementation
that will provide a single, public system for nations
within the NANP that choose to participate. This public
infrastructure will translate traditional phone numbers
into domain names, thereby allowing the reach of the
Internet to combine with the Public Switched Telephone
Network (“PSTN”) to create new communications
capabilities.
With
the increasing popularity of applications such as Voice
over IP (“VoIP”), a common system is essential.
By bridging the technology gap between the Internet
and the PSTN, ENUM will enable individuals using different
VoIP providers to communicate more efficiently with
each other.
"We
are excited about this opportunity to advance the convergence
of information technologies,” said Bob Parsons,
president and founder of The Go Daddy Group, recently
ranked No. 8 on the Inc. 500 List of America’s
Fastest Growing Private Companies. “Because ENUM
technology translates telephone numbers into domain
names, it will make a wide range of Internet and information
services like VoIP, email, and fax services, available
to anyone with a telephone or any number of hand-held
devices."
The
founding members of ENUM LLC include AT&T, MCI,
SBC Laboratories, Sprint, Verizon and GoDaddy.com.
About The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
The
Go Daddy Group, the industry leader in new domain name
registration, enables individuals and businesses to
acquire, create and safeguard their unique identities
and brands on the Internet by offering a complete line
of web development tools including domain name registration,
hosting, email systems, SSL certificates and complementary
products and services. Together, The Go Daddy Group
companies include three ICANN-accredited domain name
registrars: flagship domain name registrar GoDaddy.com
(www.GoDaddy.com); membership-based domain name registrar
Blue Razor Domains, Inc., (www.bluerazor.com) and reseller
registrar Wild West Domains, Inc., (www.wildwestdomains.com).
The Go Daddy Group also offers private domain name registration
services through Domains By Proxy, Inc., (www.domainsbyproxy.com);
as well as SSL Certificates through its SSL Certificate
Authority, Starfield Technologies, Inc., (www.starfieldtech.com).
Contact: Nick Fuller
Communications Manager
480.505.8800 ext. 4435
nfuller@godaddy.com
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