[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66410-66411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21612]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 92-237; DA 05-2753]


GSA Approves Renewal of North American Numbering Council Charter 
Through September 26, 2007

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On October 25, 2005, the Commission released a public notice 
announcing GSA approves renewal of North American Numbering Council 
charter through September 26, 2007. The intended effect of this action 
is to make the public aware of the renewal of the North American 
Numbering Council charter.

DATES: Renewed through September 26, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline 
Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, The Portals II, 
445 12th Street, SW., Suite 5-A420, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Blue, Special Assistant to the 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at (202) 418-1466 or 
[email protected]. The fax number is: (202) 418-2345. The TTY number 
is: (202) 418-0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Released October 25, 2005.
    The GSA has renewed the charter of the North American Numbering 
Council (Council) through September 26, 2007. 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. 
Amended charters were filed on October 5, 1997, October 5, 1999, 
October 5, 2001, and October 5, 2003, each renewing the term of the 
charter 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 recommendations on issues which included: (1) NANC Local 
Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) Change Orders 399 and 400--
changes to the software used by the Number Portability Administration 
Center; (2) Request for Commission Endorsement of Two LNPA Position 
Papers; (3) NANC acceptance of new members of NeuStar's Board of 
Directors; (4) Process Flow Change Based on the Industry Numbering 
Committee Issue 407 (CC Docket No. 99-200); (5) NeuStar's Request for 
Modification of Prior Approval Policies; (6) Intermodal Porting 
Intervals; (7) Treatment of NANP Administration Funds; (8) The NANC's 
Issue Management Group Report on the Impact of a 25% Number Pooling 
Contamination Threshold; (9) Abbreviated Dialing for One Call 
Notification; and (10) Amendment of the LNP Provisioning Flows 
Narrative to include a footer statement and timer change. The Council 
also provided detailed evaluations of the North American Numbering Plan 
Administrator (NANPA) and the Pooling Administrator (PA). The Council 
will continue to evaluate the NANPA's and the PA's performances 
annually.
    Moreover, the Council is presently 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 renewed charter begins September 26, 2005 and runs through 
September 26, 2007.
    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

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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.
James Bachtell,
Attorney, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline 
Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-21612 Filed 11-1-05; 8:45 am]
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