CNA NPA 226/519 (Area Code) Relief in Southern Ontario April 16 – April 17, 2013

CNA

NPA 226/519 (Area Code) Relief in

Southern Ontario

April 16 – April 17, 2013

CNA

NPA 226/519 and Adjacent Area Codes

CNA

• The NPA relief plan chosen will seek to minimize end users’ confusion while balancing the cost of implementation by all affected parties.

• If a relief plan requires customers to undergo number changes, the plan shall not require these customers to undergo further number changes until at least 8-10 years later.

• All efforts should be made to choose a plan that does not favour a particular interest group, i.e., no relief plan should give one Carrier or group of Carriers a competitive advantage over other Carriers or groups of Carriers.

NPA Relief Planning Principles and Considerations

CNA

• The NPA Code Relief Coordinator should facilitate the selection of a consensus NPA relief plan based on input as outlined below.

• Communications should be established with all affected industry members, the CRTC and the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA). This should be initiated immediately after the need for NPA Relief has been determined.

NPA Relief Planning Principles and Considerations (cont’d)

CNA

• The NPA Relief Planning process is described in detail in the Canadian NPA Relief Planning Guideline.

• This process requires participation by affected parties and other interested parties at meetings of the Relief Planning Committee (RPC) for the NPA requiring relief.

• The major objective of the NPA relief planning process is to ensure an adequate supply of CO Codes is available at all times to the Canadian telecommunications industry (i.e., ensure that NPA Relief occurs in advance of NPA exhaust).

NPA Relief Planning Process

CNA

• Another objective of the NPA Relief Planning process is to develop, in accordance with the Canadian NPA Relief Planning Guideline and its time frames, a consensus recommendation for an NPA relief plan to be submitted for CRTC approval.

• It is the responsibility of all participants (e.g. Carriers, service providers, manufacturers, equipment suppliers, and users) to implement the approved NPA relief plan.

NPA Relief Planning Process (cont’d)

CNA

• The Relief Options shall cover a period of at least eight years beyond the Projected Exhaust Date, and shall cover more than one relief activity, if necessary, during the time frame.

• The relief plan shall be a living document and will reflect changes that take place over the time it is being developed (e.g., demand for CO Codes, local competition, wireline and wireless number portability, etc.) during the time it takes to create. The annual and relief planning Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast (NRUF) analyses shall be used as one of the tools in updating the options.


CNA

• The recommendation for a Relief Method (e.g., split, overlay, boundary realignment) is made by the Relief Planning Committee (RPC), and shall be specified in the Planning Document, along with boundaries if a split is chosen. The estimated life of the relief shall be included in the Planning Document along with assumptions, projected code assignment rates, etc.


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• In the long term, the plan shall result in the most effective use possible of all CO Codes serving a given area. Ideally, in the case of splits, all of the CO Codes in a given area shall exhaust at approximately the same time. In practice this may not be possible, but severe imbalances shall be avoided.


CNA

• Monitor CO Code Assignment and Availability

• Conduct Special or Relief Planning NRUFs

• Appoint a Meeting Moderator, an NPA Relief Coordinator and a Meeting Secretary

• Prepare Initial Planning Document (IPD)

• Issue Notice of Initial Meeting, and distribute IPD to Affected Parties and appropriate regulatory authority

The Roles and Responsibilities of the CNA in the NPA Relief Planning

Process

CNA

• Conduct Initial NPA Relief Planning Meeting

• Conduct subsequent NPA Relief Planning Meetings/conference calls

• Notify the North American Number Plan Administrator and iconectiv TRA of the relief planning activities

• Make a public announcement

The Roles and Responsibilities of the CNA in the NPA Relief Planning

Process (cont’d)

CNA

• NPA 226/519 serves 210 Exchange Areas

• NPA 226/519 serves southern Ontario• Most of the growth for existing service

providers in area code 226/519 is concentrated in less than ten (10) Exchange Areas, with the majority of this growth being in the Exchange Areas of Brantford, Chatham, Guelph, Hespeler, Kitchener‑Waterloo, London, Orangeville, Sarnia, Windsor and Woodstock

• Projected Future Average Growth is 65 NXXs/year

• NPA 226/519 is projected to exhaust in October 2017

Background

CNA

NPA 226/519 Actual and Forecast CO Code Assignments

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NPA 226-519 Ontario

Actual

98 COCUS

99 COCUS

00 COCUS

01 COCUS

02 NRUF

03 NRUF

04 NRUF

05 NRUF

06 NRUF

07 NRUF

08 NRUF

09 NRUF

10 NRUF

11 NRUF

12 NRUF

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NPA 226/519 CO Code Exhaust January 2012 G-NRUF

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

NPA Capacity 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600

G-NRUF 1148 1275 1351 1430 1488 1553 1606

NXX Availability 452 325 249 170 112 47 -6

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July 2012 R-NRUF

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

NPA Capa-city

1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600

R-NRUF 1107 1210 1303 1380 1434 1496 1549

NXX Availab-ility

493 390 297 220 166 104 51

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January 2013 R-NRUF (including NOC directives)

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

NPA Capa-city

1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600

R-NRUF 1181 1334 1417 1490 1547 1639 1683

NXX Availab-ility

419 266 183 110 53 -39 -83

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CNA NPA 226/519 Miscellaneous and LEC+WSP CO

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CNA

Total CO Codes in an NPA (NXX format) 1600

CO Codes unassignable prior to a Jeopardy Condition:• N11 Service Codes (211-911) 16• Special Use Codes (555, 950 & 976) 5• Home NPA(s) (226 & 519) 4• Current Neighbouring NPA (249, 289, 705 & 905) 4• Future Canadian Geographic NPAs (382, 460 ,487 & 548 ) 8• Plant Test Codes (958 & 959) 4• Special 7-Digit Dialing Codes (310, 610 & 810) 5• CO Codes from 226 NPA set aside for Initial Code Assignments for New Entrants only 7• CO Codes from 226 NPA set aside for Initial Code Assignments 4

Subtotal 57

Assignable CO Codes prior to a Jeopardy Condition 1543

CO Codes that become assignable in a Jeopardy Condition• CO Codes from 226 set aside for Initial Code assignments 4• Future Canadian Geographic NPAs 6• Neighbouring NPAs 0

Subtotal 10

Assignable CO Codes in a Jeopardy Condition 1553

• Assigned Codes on 28 February 2013 1136

• Available Codes on 28 February 2013 without a Jeopardy Condition 407

• Available Codes on 28 February 2013 in a Jeopardy Condition 417

CO Codes available for assignment in NPA 226/519

CNA

Split – 4 options

Option 1 – Split - North South Split of NPA 226 - South retains

NPA 226

Option 2 – Split - North South Split of NPA 226 - North retains

NPA 226

Option 3 – Split - East West Split of NPA 226 - East retains NPA 226

Option 4 – Split - East West Split of NPA 226 - West retains NPA 226

Distributed Overlay – 1 option

Option 5 – Distributed Overlay of New NPA on NPA 226/519

Relief Options

CNA

The following three Relief Methods were not examined in detail: • Boundary Extension Overlay

• Concentrated Overlay

• Technology-specific Overlay

The advent of Wireless Number Portability in Canada does not permit a Technology-specific Overlay Relief Option to be implemented

Relief Methods not examined in Detail

CNA

NPA 226-519 LIRs

CNA

Option 1: Split – North South Split of NPA 226 - South retains NPA 226

CNA

• Currently, NPA 226/519 is expected to exhaust in the year 2016.

• In this split Relief Option the Southern Region (109 Exchange Areas) retains NPA 226 and remains in 519, and the Northern Region (101 Exchange Areas) remains in NPA 519 and telephone numbers in NPA 226 change to a new NPA.

• NPA 226/519 contains the rapidly growing Exchange Areas of Chatham, London, Sarnia, Windsor and Woodstock, and the 519/New NPA would contain the rapidly growing Exchange Areas of Brantford, Guelph, Hespeler, Kitchener-Waterloo and Orangeville.

• After the split, both the 226/519 NPA and the 519/New NPA would be expected to exhaust in 2029 and 2029 respectively.

• Customers’ telephone numbers in 315 CO Codes would change.

• This Relief Option would increase the number of separate Relief Planning areas in Ontario from 6 to 7.

Option 1: Split – North South Split of NPA 226 - South retains NPA 226

CNAOption 2: Split – North South Split of NPA 226 -

North retains NPA 226

CNA


• In this Relief Option the Northern Region (101 Exchange Areas) retains NPA 226 and remains in 519, and the Southern Region (109 Exchange Areas) remains in NPA 519 and telephone numbers in NPA 226 change to a new NPA.

• NPA 226/519 contains the rapidly growing Exchange Areas of Brantford, Guelph, Hespeler, Kitchener-Waterloo and Orangeville while the 519/New NPA would contain the rapidly growing Exchange Areas of Chatham, London, Sarnia, Windsor and Woodstock.

• After the split, both the 226/519 NPA and the 519/New NPA would be expected to exhaust in 2029.



Option 2: Split – North South Split of NPA 226 - North retains NPA 226

CNAOption 3: Split – East West Split of NPA 226 -

East retains NPA 226

CNA


• In this option the Eastern Region (80 Exchange Areas) retains NPA 226 and remains in 519, and the Western Region (130 Exchange Areas) remains in NPA 519 and telephone numbers in NPA 226 change to a new NPA.

• NPA 226/519 contains the rapidly growing Exchange Areas of Brantford, Guelph, Hespeler, Kitchener-Waterloo, Orangeville and Woodstock and 519/New NPA would contain the rapidly growing Exchange Areas of Chatham, London, Sarnia and Windsor.

• After the split, the 226/519 NPA and the 519/New NPA would be expected to exhaust in 2030 and 2028 respectively.



Option 3: Split – East West Split of NPA 226 - East retains NPA 226

CNAOption 4: Split – East West Split of NPA 226 -

West retains NPA 226

CNA


• In this Option the Western Region (130 Exchange Areas) retains NPA 226 and remains in 519, and the Eastern Region (80 Exchange Areas) remains in NPA 519 and telephone numbers in NPA 226 change to a new NPA.

• NPA 226/519 contains the rapidly growing Exchange Areas of Chatham, London, Sarnia and Windsor and 519/New NPA would contain the rapidly growing Exchange Areas of Brantford, Guelph, Hespeler, Kitchener-Waterloo, Orangeville and Woodstock .

• After the split, the 226/519 NPA and the 519/New NPA would be expected to exhaust in 2028 and 2030 respectively.


• This Relief Option would increase the number of separate Relief Planning areas in Ontario from 6 to7.

Option 4: Split – East West Split of NPA 226 - West retains NPA 226

CNAOption 5: Distributed Overlay of New NPA on

NPA 226/519

CNAOption 5: Distributed Overlay of New NPA on

NPA 226/519


• This Relief Option would overlay the new NPA on the NPA 226/519 area.

• After this Distributed Overlay, 226/519/New NPA would be expected to exhaust in 2028.

• Customers’ telephone numbers would not change.

• With this Relief Option, the number of separate Relief Planning areas in Ontario (i.e. six) would not change.

CNA

• Customers– in preparation for the assignment of CO Codes and

telephone numbers in the new/extended NPA, customers must accommodate the additional NPA in their lists, tables, systems and equipment

– if a split is implemented, telephone number changes to a new NPA would create major impacts on lists, tables, equipment, systems, advertising, etc.

• Customers’ Equipment– Automatic Dialers– Fax Machines– Call Forwarding– Cellular Phones– Burglar Alarms– Voice Messaging Use– Speed Call Lists– Direct Inward System Access (DISA) Numbers– Call Detail Record (CDR) Software– Automatic Call Distributor (ACD)Operations– Modems– PBXs– Centrex– Key Systems

Impacts

CNA

• Telecommunications Service Providers– systems etc. must accommodate an additional NPA in the

NPA 226/519 area– if a split is implemented, major database changes would

be required due to telephone number changes, plus reprogramming of wireless phones

• Telecommunication Operations– Planning, Provisioning, Network Operations

• Residential Sales and Service– Business Office, I&R, Sales and Support

• Corporate Communications– Public Information

• Finance– Support

• Business Division– Sales, Public Communication Services, Customer

Provided Equipment• Marketing

– Business Development, Forecast Rates and Tariff• System Solutions

– System Dev. (Network)– System Dev. (Revenue)

• Regulatory Matters

Impacts (cont’d)

CNA

• Others– Resellers, Rebillers– International Carriers – CPE Community: Vendors, Maintenance, Owners – Radio Paging Community: Pagers and Beepers– Industry Associations: Hotel, Alarm, Paging, Apartment

Owners

Impacts (cont’d)

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CNA NPA 226/519 (Area Code) Relief in Southern Ontario April 16 – April 17, 2013