[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52920-52921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26372]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 92-237; DA 01-2393]


Renewal of North American Numbering Council Charter

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On October 15, 2001, the Commission released a public notice 
announcing GSA approves renewal of North American Numbering Council 
charter through October 4, 2003. The intended effect of this action is 
to make the public aware of the renewal of the North American Numbering 
Council charter through October 4, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Blue, Special Assistant to the 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at (202) 418-2320 or [email protected]. 
The address is: Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau, 
Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW, Room 6-A207, 
Washington, DC 20554. The fax number is: (202) 418-2345. The TTY number 
is: (202) 418-0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Released: October 15, 2001.
    The GSA has renewed the charter of the North American Numbering 
Council (Council) through October 4, 2003. The Council will continue to 
advise the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) on rapidly 
evolving and competitively significant numbering issues facing the 
telecommunications industry.
    In October 1995, the Commission established the North American 
Numbering Council, a Federal advisory committee created pursuant to the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App. 2 (1988), to advise the 
Commission on issues related to North American Numbering Plan (NANP) 
administration in the United States, including local number portability 
administration issues. The original charter of the Council was 
effective on October 5, 1995, establishing an initial two-year term. 
The first amended charter was effective on October 5, 1997, renewing 
the term of the Council for an additional two years. The second amended 
charter was effective on October 5, 1999, renewing the term of the 
Council for an additional two years.
    Since the last charter renewal, the Council has provided the 
Commission with critically important recommendations regarding 
numbering issues. During the term of the prior amended charter, the 
Council made

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recommendations on issues which included: (1) Thousands-block number 
pooling procedures and administrator; (2) cost for the COCUS 
replacement tool used to collect number utilization and forecast data; 
(3) Industry Numbering Committee (INC) NANP Expansion Assumptions; (4) 
NANPA electronic file transfer capability for receiving utilization and 
forecast data; (5) secondary definitions for numbering categories; (6) 
number administration auditor technical requirements; (7) thousands-
block number pooling administrator technical requirements; (8) fees for 
reserved numbers; and (9) wireless number portability technical, 
operational and implementation requirements.
    The Council is currently considering and formulating 
recommendations on other important numbering-related issues that will 
require work beyond the term of the present charter. The term of the 
Council's third amended charter begins October 5, 2001 and runs through 
October 4, 2003.
    The value of this federal advisory committee to the 
telecommunications industry and to the American public cannot be 
overstated. Numbers are the means by which consumers gain access to, 
and reap the benefits of, the public switched telephone network. The 
Council's recommendations to the Commission will facilitate fair and 
efficient numbering administration in the United States, and will 
ensure that numbering resources are available to all telecommunications 
service providers on a fair and equitable basis, consistent with the 
requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Federal Communications Commission.
Diane Griffin Harmon,
Acting Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-26372 Filed 10-17-01; 8:45 am]
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