[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 32623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15181]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 99-200; DA 01-1409]


Common Carrier Bureau Clarifies That Future Filings of Numbering 
Utilization and Forecast Reports Must Include Numbering Resources in 
the 500 and 900 NPAs

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On June 11, 2001, the Commission released a public notice 
clarifying that future filings of numbering utilization and forecast 
reports must include numbering resources in the 500 and 900 NPA. The 
intended effect of this action is to remind common carriers of the 
requirement for filing numbering utilization and forecast reports.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl L. Callahan at (202) 418-2320 
or [email protected] of the Common Carrier Bureau, Network Services 
Division. The address is: Network Services Division, Common Carrier 
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, The Portals II, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Suite 6A207, Washington, DC 20554. The fax number is: 
(202) 418-2345. The TTY number is: (202) 418-0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Released: June 11, 2001. On March 31, 2000, 
the Commission released a Report and Order and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking that, among other things, required carriers to 
report semiannually on their actual and forecasted number usage.\1\ 
Carriers are required to file reports twice each calendar year on or 
before February 1 for the six-month period ending December 31 and on or 
before August 1 for the six-month period ending June 30.\2\
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    \1\ Numbering Resource Optimization, CC Docket No. 99-200, 
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 15 FCC 
Rcd 7574 (2000) (NRO Order).
    \2\ 47 CFR 52.15(f)(6).
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    Carriers that receive central office codes or NXX codes (i.e., code 
holders) from the North American Numbering Administrator (NANPA), or 
that receive thousands-blocks (i.e., block holders) from a Pooling 
Administrator, must report utilization and forecast data for all 
numbering resources in their inventory or ``assigned to them'', 
including numbering resources in the 500 and 900 area codes or 
numbering plan areas (NPAs). In previous numbering utilization and 
forecast reports, carriers have not included information on the 500 and 
900 NPAs. Because the NANPA has reported that the 500 and 900 NPAs are 
nearing exhaust, it is necessary to more closely track the use of 500 
and 900 numbering resources and more closely monitor their projected 
exhaust. Moreover, the NRO Order mandated that ``all carriers that 
receive numbering resources from the NANPA (i.e., code holders), or 
that receive numbering resources from a Pooling Administrator in 
thousands-blocks (i.e., block holders), report forecast and utilization 
data to the NANPA.'' \3\ Clearly 500 and 900 NPA's are covered by this 
mandate.
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    \3\ NRO Order at para. 40.
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    The Bureau has instructed the NANPA, in accordance with 47 CFR 
52.15(g)(3)(4), to withhold numbering resources from carriers that fail 
to comply with these reporting requirements. Carriers are encouraged to 
report numbering resources in the 500 and 900 NPAs separately from 
those in the geographic NPAs. The NANPA will provide further guidance 
to carriers completing utilization and forecast data for 500 and 900 
numbering resources on its web site, www.nanpa.com.

Federal Communications Commission.
Diane Griffin Harmon,
Acting Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-15181 Filed 6-14-01; 8:45 am]
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