Every single endpoint that I've seen does NOT use a Tel URI per se, but
rather, a Tel URI embedded in a sip URI as per RFC 3261/19.1.6.

Insisting on Tel URI seems kind of out of touch with reality.


On Apr12 2008 02:04 , "Dean Willis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> On Apr 11, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Juha Heinanen wrote:
>> Paul Kyzivat writes:
>> 
>>> (Except of course that may introduce interop problems with devices
>>> that
>>> don't support tel. But those will be fixed by SBCs :-)
>> 
>> i think it is mandatory for sip phones to support tel.  otherwise it
>> is
>> impossible to for a sip phone in another domain to 302 caller to a
>> pstn
>> number.
>> 
> 
> I too think tel: support is critical.
> 
> To refine the above, without tel: it is generally impossible to 302 a
> caller to a PSTN node without also specifying a route for reaching
> that node.
> 
> If one were to redirect to sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED];user=phone, one might
> still reach the correct telephone, but one would be constrained to do
> so by using the resources at the specified domain, which might or
> might not present an authorization problem.
> 
> The only way we have to redirect a caller to a PST node that is to be
> reached by the caller's best available means is to use a tel: URI.
> 
> --
> Dean
> 

_______________________________________________
Sip mailing list  https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip
This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol
Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions on current sip
Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for new developments on the application of sip

Reply via email to