Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report to the NANCDyan Adams, INC Co-ChairShaunna Forshee, INC Co-Chair

September 17, 2014

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Overview

• About INC

• INC Meetings/Membership

• Issue 748: Assess Impacts on Numbering Resources and Numbering Administration with Transition from Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Internet Protocol (IP)

• Issue 762: CO Codes Assigned/Transferred only to Providers who own Switching Facilities

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About INC

• The Industry Numbering Committee (INC) provides an open forum to address and resolve industry-wide issues associated with planning, administration, allocation, assignment and use of North American Numbering Plan (NANP) numbering resources within the NANP area.

• Membership• To become a member of INC or ATIS, see

http://www.atis.org/membership/become.asp.• To understand how INC operates, see

http://www.atis.org/legal/OP.asp

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INC Meetings• Meetings

• Since the previous NANC meeting, INC held one face-to-face meeting from July 29-31, 2014, and interim meetings on July 23 and August 26, 2014.

• An INC meeting is being held this week in Washington, DC.

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Issue 748: Assess Impacts on Numbering Resources and Numbering Administration with Transition from Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Internet Protocol (IP)

• INC has drafted a response to the FCC regarding the impacts of large-scale rate center consolidation during the transition from PSTN to IP.• Outlined positive and negative impacts of large-scale rate

center consolidation• Documented impacts to carriers networks and systems• Identified that regulatory changes would be necessary• Concluded that, given the complexities related to large-scale

rate center consolidation, it is premature to develop a plan for implementation. However, as carriers’ network architecture and the market drives the need for such consolidation, the industry and regulators should work collaboratively to develop a plan.

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Issue 762: CO codes assigned/transferred only to providers who own switching facilities

• When a Central Office (CO) code is assigned and the Part 1 has an invalid Switching Entity or Point of Interconnection, the CO code cannot be built in iconectiv's Business Integrated Routing & Rating Database System (BIRRDS). This can result in:• Delays that affect other service providers with blocks from that

code.• More red blocks in the pool. • Stranded numbers if there is no regulatory direction to reclaim

the code.

• INC has modified the guidelines to expand verification that the switching ID/POI is valid for an NPA-NXX assignment and is built in BIRRDS.

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Issues in Initial Pending

• Issue 768, Updates to the Part 1B form

• Issue 765, Updates to the Part 1A form

• Issue 770, Updates to the TBPAG Part 3 Form

• Issue 772, Update to the TBPAG Appendix 3: MTE & Certification Worksheet

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Issues in Final Closure

• Issue 757, Need to Review and Update Telcordia Technologies Branding Reference in all ATIS INC Documents

• Issue 762, CO codes assigned/transferred only to providers who own switching facilities

• Issue 773, Allocation of a 5XX NPA to Canadian Service Providers

• Issue 776, Approval of Part 4-PA prior to code effective date

• Issue 780, Update NPA Relief Planning and Notification Guidelines-Appendix F

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Relevant INC Web Pages

• INC Homepage: http://www.atis.org/inc/index.asp

• INC Issues (historical and active): http://www.atis.org/inc/incissue.asp

• INC Published Documents: http://www.atis.org/inc/incguides.asp

• Anyone interested in information on INC or INC documents can contact Jackie Voss, ATIS INC Manager, via email at jvoss@atis.org or (913) 393-0891