Australia Trials Phone to IP Service

Australia is doing trial runs with a technology which could connect conventional phone numbers with web pages, internet fax services and other online resources. Subscribers to an ENUM service register their other contact details, then set up rules that control how and when calls to their phone are routed. For example, calls from anybody but close family could be routed straight to voicemail between 6.00pm and 11.00pm. Because it connects to any IP service, incoming callers could also use phone numbers to access web sites, the Skype VoIP application, faxes and other applications