[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43009-43010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18365]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 52

[CC Docket No. 95-116; FCC 97-74]


Telephone Numbering Portability

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On March 11, 1997, the Commission released a First Memorandum 
Opinion and Order on Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 95-116; FCC 97-74 
(Order). In that Order the Commission concludes that Query on Release 
(QOR) is not an acceptable long-term number portability method. Second, 
the Commission extends the completion deadlines in the implementation 
schedule for wireline carriers by three months for Phase I and by 45 
days for Phase II. A summary of the Order was published in the Federal 
Register. In that summary, the Commission stated that the modified 
rules would become effective May 15, 1997. Information collections, 
however, which are subject to approval by the

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB), shall become effective upon 
approval by OMB, but no sooner than September 12, 1997. A document 
announcing the information collections approval by OMB will be 
published in the Federal Register at a later date. This document 
announces the effective date of the amendments to our rules for 
numbering that contained information collection requirements.

DATES: Sections 52.23 and 52.31 and the Appendix to Part 52, published 
at 62 FR 18280, April 15, 1997, were approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) on August 9, 1997. The OMB approval of the 
information collection requirements contained in these rules was 
announced in the Federal Register on August 28, 1997. OMB approved the 
collections on August 9, 1997, however, the rules that contained 
information collections should not have become effective no sooner than 
September 12, 1997. Therefore, the rules became effective on September 
12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Slipakoff, Attorney, 
Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 
(202) 418-7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 11, 1997, the Commission released a 
First Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration in CC Docket No. 
95-116; FCC 97-74 (Order). In that Order the Commission concludes, 
first, that Query on Release (QOR) is not an acceptable long-term 
number portability method. Second, the Commission extends the 
completion deadlines in the implementation schedule for wireline 
carriers by three months for Phase I and by 45 days for Phase II, 
clarifies the requirements imposed there under, concludes that LECs 
need only provide number portability within the 100 largest MSAs in 
switches for which another carrier has made a specific request for 
portability, and addresses issues raised by rural LECs and certain 
other parties. Finally, the Commission affirms and clarifies its 
implementation schedule for wireless carriers. A summary of the Order 
was published in the Federal Register. See 62 FR 18280, April 15, 1997. 
In that summary, the Commission stated that the modified rules would 
become effective May 15, 1997. Information collections, however, which 
are subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 
shall become effective upon approval by OMB, but no sooner than 
September 12, 1997. A document announcing the information collections 
approval by OMB will be published in the Federal Register at a later 
date. On August 9, 1997, OMB approved the information collections. See 
OMB No. 3060-0742. The rule amendments adopted by the Commission in the 
Order took effect May 15, 1997. The OMB approval of the information 
collection requirements was announced in the Federal Register on August 
28, 1997, however, the effected rules took effect on September 12, 
1997.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 52

    Communications common carriers, Telecommunications, Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-18365 Filed 7-18-03; 8:45 am]
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