[Federal Register: October 27, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 207)]
[Notices]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CC Docket No. 92-237; DA 03-3106]
GSA Approves Renewal of North American Numbering Council Charter
Through October 4, 2005
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On October 9, 2003, the Commission released a public notice
announcing GSA approves renewal of North American Numbering Council
charter through October 4, 2005. The intended effect of this action is
to make the public aware of the renewal of the North American Numbering
Council charter.
DATES: Renewed through October 4, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline
Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, The Portals II,
445 12th Street, SW., Suite 5-A420, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Blue, Special Assistant to the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at (202) 418-1466 or dblue@fcc.gov.
The fax number is: (202) 418-2345. The TTY number is: (202) 418-0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Released October 9, 2003.
The GSA has renewed the charter of the North American Numbering
Council (Council) through October 4, 2005. The Council will continue to
advise the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) on rapidly
evolving and competitively significant numbering issues facing the
telecommunications industry.
In October 1995, the Commission established the North American
Numbering Council, a federal advisory committee created pursuant to the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (1988), to advise the
Commission on issues related to North American Numbering Plan (NANP)
administration in the United States, including local number portability
administration issues. The original charter of the Council was
effective on October 5, 1995, establishing an initial two-year term.
The first amended charter was effective on October 5, 1997, renewing
the term of the Council for two years. The second amended charter was
effective on October 5, 1999, renewing the term of the Council for two
years. The third amended charter was effective October 5, 2001,
renewing
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the term of the Council again for two years.
Since the last charter renewal, the Council has provided the
Commission with critically important recommendations regarding
numbering issues. During the term of the prior amended charter, the
Council made recommendations on issues which included: (1) Local Number
Portability provisioning flows; (2) Management and Ownership of the
Centralized Toll Free Database by an LLC; (3) Use of Telephone Numbers
as a Universal Service Fund Allocator; (4) review of the definition of
Intermediate Numbers; (5) impact of Soft Dial Tone service; (6) costs
and benefits of numbering resource optimization proposals to expand the
NANP beyond 10 digits; (7) technical viability of increasing the
Pooling Contamination Threshold; (8) Pooling Administration System
Forecasting Requirements; (9) Grandfathered Wireless NXX Codes; (10)
NPAC Change Management Administration; (11) possible ``Jeopardy'' for
Wireless Number Pooling and Portability Deadline; and (12) Technical
Requirements for the North American Numbering Plan Administrator
(NANPA). In May 2002 and May 2003, the Council provided a detailed
evaluation of the NANPA's performance for the periods January 2001-
December 2001 and January 2002-December 2002, respectively. The Council
will continue to evaluate NANPA's performance annually.
Moreover, the Council is presently considering and formulating
recommendations on other important numbering-related issues that will
require work beyond the term of the present charter. The term of the
Council's renewed charter begins October 5, 2003 and runs through
October 4, 2005.
The value of this federal advisory committee to the
telecommunications industry and to the American public cannot be
overstated. Numbers are the means by which consumers gain access to,
and reap the benefits of, the public switched telephone network. The
Council's recommendations to the Commission will facilitate fair and
efficient numbering administration in the United States, and will
ensure that numbering resources are available to all telecommunications
service providers on a fair and equitable basis, consistent with the
requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cheryl L. Callahan,
Assistant Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline
Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 03-26961 Filed 10-24-03; 8:45 am]
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