1INC Report to the NANC – November 4, 2004

Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report to the NANC

January 19, 2005

Ken Havens - INC Chair Adam Newman - INC Vice Chair

2INC Report to the NANC – November 4, 2004

INC Meetings

• Last INC Meeting: December 7-9, Washington, D.C.

• Next INC Meeting: February 1-3, Maitland/Orlando, FL

• Details on all future meetings can be found at:

www.atis.org/inc/calendar.asp

3INC Report to the NANC – November 4, 2004

CO/NXX Subcommittee• Based on discussions at the November

NANC, the Nebraska PSC submitted an issue to enable regulators and service providers to voluntarily consider the transfer of codes for LRN purposes to avoid opening a new code.

• INC agreed to text changes in Section 7.2 of the CO Code Guidelines and the issue is in Initial Closure.

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NPA Subcommittee US Dept. of Navy Request for NPA

• The INC continued its discussion of INC Issue 459, “Request to Consolidate Country Code 1 Number Assets of the United States Department of the Navy (DON) for a Newly Issued Area Code,” at its last meeting and reviewed additional contributions for clarification from the DON.

• As part of its technical review, INC issued a letter requesting input from various industry forums (including LNPA WG) on the effects of the NPA assignment in question. The INC requested responses from those forums in time for discussion at its next two meetings.

• In its proceedings, INC noted that the assignment in question is a potentially significant precedent (for all NANP nations).

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LNPA Subcommittee• Based on the NANC IMG findings and direction, Issue

407 was placed in Initial Closure at INC 78. The resolution supports giving SPs the option to process a code request for a dedicated customer in a pooling rate area through the PA, or through the NANPA.

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Issues Remaining in Initial Pending Due to Change Order Process

• Issue 423: LERG Assignee Confirmation of Activation in PSTN for Industry Inventory Pool

• Issue 434: Removal of Codes from NPAC When There Are Ported Numbers

• Issue 458: Reduce “Aging Period” for Returned/Reclaimed Blocks

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Issues in Final Closure•Issue 460: Remove Signature on File Requirement•Issue 461: Mandatory Test Line Number for All New NXXs

•Issue 369: Forecasting•Issue 446: Add Remarks Field to Part 1A•Issue 448: Permitting NANPA to Seek Withdrawal of Unapproved Petitions and Requesting Dismissal of Approved Relief Petitions

•Issue 450: Clarification for MTE Calculations When Requesting Additional Blocks for Growth 

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Hits to the ATIS Web SiteINC Home Page & Other Pages

December 2004 Visits ViewsDocuments Page: 1,792 2,719Home Page: 601 774Calendar Page: <200 <200

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Relevant INC Web Pages

• INC Homepage (front page to all INC links): http://www.atis.org/inc/index.asp

• INC Calendar (future meeting logistics/agendas): http://www.atis.org/inc/calendar.asp

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

• INC Meeting Records: http://www.atis.org/inc/mtgs2004.asp

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