VISIONng is a non-profit making association dedicated to support its members for the deployment of worldwide inter-domain and multi-vendor IP Telephony services.

The mission of VISIONng is to provide a framework for all the necessary measures to be taken by the signatories together to ensure the opening of a commercial global public IP-Telephony

Voice over IP

Voice over Internet Protocol is a family of technologies, methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission techniques for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks, such as the Internet...

 service in their respective countries or regions in 2001 and beyond.

VISIONng has been allocated a range within the +878 country code of Universal Personal Telecommunications

Universal Personal Telecommunications

Universal personal telecommunications is a special segment of the international telephone number space which has been set aside for universal personal telephone numbers. This service has been allocated country code +878. UPT numbers differ significantly from Personal Numbers which are embedded as...

 by ITU. The ENUM

Enum

ENUM or enum may refer to:* E.164 NUmber Mapping, a suite of protocols to unify the telephone system with the Internet* An enumerated type, a data type consisting of a set of named values...

 delegation of +87810 was requested by VISIONng chairman Herwart Wermescher and was confirmed by Counsellor, SG2 of ITU-TSB Richard Hill on May 21, 2002.
The first production service was opened in June 2004 by Sentiro.

VISIONng facts

• Non-profit Associoation
• Open Association
• No membership fees during startup
• Formed in January 2001
• Promotes an open architecture for international harmonized inter-domain
  Inter-domain
  inter-domain is a term used to describe data flow control and interaction between Primary Domain Controller computers. This type of computer uses various computer protocols and services to operate. It is most commonly used to multicast between internet domains.-Internet use:An Internet service...
  
  and multi-vendor IP telephony
• Telephony service deployment on international interconnected IP networks

VISIONng officials

• Chairman: Herwart Wermescher
• Vice Chairman: Harald Hauser

VISIONng related press

• First Mobile Phones, Now Mobile Numbers - ITU allocates code for Universal Personal Telecommunications Number
• Approval of the delegation request for 87810 for ENUM