Industry Numbering
Committee (INC) Report
to the NANC
Dyan Adams, INC Co-Chair
Shaunna Forshee, INC Co-Chair
March 27, 2014
Overview
• About INC
• INC Meetings/Membership
• Issue 740: Allow pooled NXXs with ports to be returned
via PAS (when there are blocks assigned to other SPs)
• Issue 748: Assess Impacts on Numbering Resources
and Numbering Administration with Transition from
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Internet
Protocol (IP)
• Issue 769: Direct Petition by NANPA for Overlay NPA
Codes – New or Additional and Addition of LNPA WG
Best Practice Supporting the utilization of overlays as the
preferred form of area code relief
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About INC
• The Industry Numbering Committee (INC) provides an
open forum to address and resolve industry-wide issues
associated with planning, administration, allocation,
assignment and use of North American Numbering Plan
(NANP) numbering resources within the NANP area.
• Membership
• To become a member of INC or ATIS, see
http://www.atis.org/membership/become.asp.
• To understand how INC operates, see
http://www.atis.org/legal/OP.asp
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INC Meetings
• Meetings
• Since the previous NANC meeting, INC held four face-to-face
meetings on October 8-10, 2013; December 11-13, 2013; February 47, 2014; and March 24-26, 2014
• The next INC meeting will be held in Denver, CO on May 6-9, 2014
• Virtual meetings are scheduled for March 31st, May 1st, May 28th, and
June 12th
• Details on all future meetings can be found at:
http://www.atis.org/inc/calendar.asp
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Issue 740: Allow pooled NXXs with ports to be returned via PAS
(when there are blocks assigned to other SPs)
• To facilitate the return of pooled codes in a process that is efficient
and consistent for SPs, INC agreed to allow a code holder to return a
pooled NXX code when the code holder has ported TNs but no
blocks, and blocks are assigned to other SPs
• The PA will solicit a new code holder from the existing block
holders
• If no block holder submits a Part 1 application to become the new
code holder, the PA will solicit a new code holder from the SPs
with ported TNs within the code
• If no block holder or SP with ported TNs submits a Part 1
application, the NXX code return will be denied, rather than
NANPA involving a state commission
• INC made edits to the CO Code Assignment Guidelines Appendix C
(Procedures for Code Holder Exit) and the Thousands-Block Pooling
Administration Guidelines to outline these changes as well as to
clarify existing language
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Issue 748: Assess Impacts on Numbering Resources and
Numbering Administration with Transition from Public Switched
Telephone Network (PSTN) to Internet Protocol (IP)
• Continued discussion on the transition to IP
• During the December meeting INC received a presentation,
2020 Vision for Telephone Numbers, from Henning
Schulzrinne, FCC CTO
• Conferred with Henning Schulzrinne and Bob Cannon, Office
of Strategic Planning, on topics related to numbering and the
role of INC via a presentation, Transition to all IP Network
• INC sent a recommendation related to nationwide 10-digit
dialing on January 28, 2014 and received a response on
January 29, 2014
• During INC’s meeting February 6, 2014, Henning Schulzrinne
joined to discuss the national numbering testbed and further
discuss the correspondence regarding nationwide 10-digit
dialing
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Issue 748: Assess Impacts on Numbering Resources and
Numbering Administration with Transition from Public Switched
Telephone Network (PSTN) to Internet Protocol (IP)
• Continued discussion on the transition to IP, December 12, 2013
• Received a presentation, Number Allocation and Conservation
2013, from Tom McGarry, Fellow and VP, Advanced
Technology Group, Neustar
• Received a presentation, Using NPAC as the ENUM Registry,
from Penn Pfautz, Director of Product Development, AT&T
• INC is prepared to provide support to the numbering aspects of
FCC 14-5
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Issue 769: Direct Petition by NANPA for Overlay NPA Codes – New
or Additional and Addition of LNPA WG Best Practice Supporting
the utilization of overlays as the preferred form of area code relief
• INC updated the NPA Code Relief Planning and Notification
Guidelines to streamline the process to be used when NPA relief is
required for (a) an existing overlay complex, or (b) a single NPA
area and NANPA has determined that only an overlay alternative
will meet the guidelines
• A footnote was added to reference the NANC LNPA WG Best
Practice 30 recommendation supporting the utilization of overlays
as the preferred form of area code relief
• INC added a footnote to encourage service providers to make 1+
10-digit dialing permissive when 10-digit local dialing is
implemented due to an overlay
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Issues in Initial Pending
• Issue 768, Updates to the Part 1B form
• Issue 765, Updates to the Part 1A form
• Issue 770, Updates to the TBPAG Part 3 Form
• Issue 772, Update to the TBPAG Appendix 3:
MTE & Certification Worksheet
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Issues in Final Closure
• Issue 692, Update the 5YY requirements for resources
• Issue 702, Update Service Description for Use of 5YY
Resources
• Issue 740, Allow pooled NXXs with ports to be returned via
PAS (when there are blocks assigned to other SPs)
• Issue 758, Move the 550 NPA from the General Purpose
Category to Set Aside for Future Non-Geographic 5XX-NXX
Use
• Issue 759, Updates to the block expedite timeframes due to
upcoming changes to the NPAC 5 Business Day First-Port
Notification
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Issues in Final Closure
• Issue 760, Add Clarifications to NPA Relief Planning
Guidelines for Interested Party Terms and for Determining
Consensus
• Issue 761, Updates to the PAR regarding pooling related
issues in Initial Closure
• Issue 763, Update NPAC broadcast rates in Section 2.15 of
the TBPAG
• Issue 766, Supporting evidence of authorization to provide
service must be linked to application for thousandsblocks/codes
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Issues in Final Closure
• Issue 767, Updates to TBPAG Appendix 5: User Profile
Application
• Issue 769, Direct Petition by NANPA for Overlay NPA Codes –
New or Additional and Addition of LNPA WG Best Practice
Supporting the utilization of overlays as the preferred form of
area code relief
• Issue 771, Supporting evidence of authorization to provide
service must be linked to application for p-ANIs
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Relevant INC Web Pages
• INC Homepage (front page to all INC links):
http://www.atis.org/inc/index.asp
• INC Upcoming Meetings (meeting logistics/agendas):
http://www.atis.org/inc/calendar.asp
• INC Issues (historical and active):
http://www.atis.org/inc/incissue.asp
• INC Meeting Records:
http://www.atis.org/inc/mtgs_current.asp
• INC Published Documents:
http://www.atis.org/inc/incguides.asp
• Anyone interested in information on INC or INC documents
can contact Jackie Voss, ATIS INC Manager, via email at
jvoss@atis.org or (913)393-0891
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