'#' in tel url

[Alexandre Charest]

According to RFC2806 local phone number and other parts of the url can
contain the dtmf-digit '#'. But this character is disallowed in URI
according to RFC2396 as it is used to delimit a URI from a fragment
identifier in URI references. Must it be escaped?

Alexandre Charest
Software Designer
Mediatrix Telecom Inc. (www.mediatrix.com)
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