[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57573-57574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19939]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 92-237; DA 07-4080]


GSA Approves Renewal of North American Numbering Council Charter 
Through September 27, 2009

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On October 2, 2007, the Commission released a public notice 
announcing GSA approves renewal of North American Numbering Council 
charter through September 27, 2009. 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 27, 2009.

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ADDRESSES: Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, 
Federal Communications Commission, The Portals II, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Suite 5-C162, 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 2, 2007.
    The GSA has renewed the charter of the North American Numbering 
Council (Council) through September 27, 2009. 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, October 5, 2003, and September 26, 2005 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 number 
administration, such as the development and recommendation of interim 
and permanent guidelines for pseudo Automatic Number Identification 
administration. In addition, the Council developed and recommended 
technical requirements for a request for proposals associated with a 
new Pooling Administrator (PA) contract. The Council also provided 
detailed evaluations of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator 
(NANPA) and the 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 27, 2007 and runs through 
September 27, 2009.
    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 number 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.
Marilyn Jones,
Attorney, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau.
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