The FCC has full jurisdiction over the telephone numbering system in the United States. The Commission’s policies governing numbering are designed to promote competitive markets and ensure the efficient use of numbers.  Policies and activities include:

• Ensuring local number portability, which allows consumers to keep their existing phone  number when switching to a new carrier
• Ensuring access to number resources for all providers
• Extending the life of the 10-digit number system, known as the North American Numbering Plan, through thousands-block number pooling and other measures.
• Preventing premature exhaustion of numbers in an area code
• Overseeing allocation and management of Toll Free numbers

HEADLINES

10/06/08
PUBLIC NOTICE: Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on Vixxi Solutions, Inc. Petition for limited waiver of Numbering Access Requirements. DA 08-2209, CC Docket 99-200. Pleading Cycle Established.
Comments Due: 10/20/2008. Replies Due: 10/27/2008.
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07/30/08
PUBLIC NOTICE: Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on the application from Sint Maarten, Netherland Antillies to Participate in the North American Numbering Plan.
Pleading Cycle Established.
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07/24/08
PUBLIC NOTICE: Pleading Cycle established for Comments on Level 3's Emergency Petition for Assignment of Additional Telephone Numbers in Area Code 603. DA 08-1732, WC Docket 08-154.
Comments Due: 08/25/08. Replies Due: 09/10/08.
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07/24/08
PUBLIC NOTICE: Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comments on Level 3's request for Special Temporary Authorization of Thousand-Block Codes in Area Code 603. DA 08-1731, WC Docket 08-154. Pleading Cycle Established.
Comments Due: 08/07/08. Replies Due: 08/14/08.
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07/02/08
PUBLIC NOTICE: Notice of Request for Access to Carrier Data filed in the Numbering Resource Utilization and Forecast Reports (NRUF). DA 08-1583, Dockets 95-116 & 99-200. Pleading Cycle Established.
Comments Due: 07/14/08.
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03/07/08
PUBLIC NOTICE: Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comments on the North American Numbering Plan Administration Technical Requirements. DA 08-490, Dockets 92-237 & 99-200. Pleading Cycle Established.
Comments Due: 03/21/08. Replies Due: 03/28/08.
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NANPA Techical Requirements:
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02/11/08
ORDER: Local Number Portability Porting Interval and Validation Requirements. Granted request from Embarq to waive until September 30, 2008, the deadline to comply with the Commission's declaratory ruling that the validation process for LNP requests should be based on no more than four fields. FCC 08-31, Dockets 95-116 & 07-244.
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02/25/08
PUBLIC NOTICE: Notice of Request for Access to Carrier Data filed in Numbering Resource Utilization and Forecast Reports (NRUF). DA 08-451, CC Dockets 95-116 & 99-200. Pleading Cycle Established.
Comments Due: 03/03/08.
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