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Direct Access to Numbers Trial Limits, Results & Conclusions Of the Six-Month Technical Trial

Explore the outcomes of the six-month technical trial allowing VoIP providers direct access to telephone numbers. Learn about trial limits, participant requirements, timeline, and number usage analysis.

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Direct Access to Numbers Trial Limits, Results & Conclusions Of the Six-Month Technical Trial

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  1. Direct Access to Numbers Trial Limits, Results & Conclusions Of the Six-Month Technical Trial John Visclosky June 17, 2014 NANC Meeting FCC Headquarters 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC 20536

  2. Direct Access Trial Established • April 18, 2013: Commission releases Direct Access NPRM, Order, and NOI, establishing a 6-month technical trial to allow interconnected VoIP providers direct access to telephone numbers • Trial intended to test whether direct access would raise issues relating to number exhaust, number porting, VoIP interconnection, or intercarrier compensation

  3. Trial Parameters • Participants in the trial were required to: • Submit a numbering proposal to WCB and each relevant state commission: (1) certifying participant would comply with the terms and conditions of the waiver, (2) identifying the rate centers or LATAs in which participant was seeking numbers, and (3) describing the phase-in process to implement the trial • File monthly reports with the FCC throughout the duration of the trial • Comply with the Commission’s number utilization and optimization requirements and maintain at least 65% number utilization across its telephone number inventory

  4. Trial Parameters (cont’d) • Comply with industry guidelines and practices, including abiding by the numbering authority delegated to state commissions and filing NRUF reports • Provide the relevant state commission(s) with regulatory and numbering contacts • Consolidate and report all numbers under its own unique OCN • Provide customers with the ability to access all abbreviated dialing codes (N11 numbers) in use in a state • Maintain the original rate center designation of all numbers in its inventory

  5. Trial Participants • Vonage • SmartEdgeNet, LLC • WilTel Communications, LLC/Level 3 • IntelePeer, Inc. • Millicorp

  6. Steps to Obtain Numbers In order to obtain numbers, trial participants were required to: Obtain an OCN registered with NANPA File an application with NPAC Apply for a CO code and a Location Routing Number (LRN) Insert rates and routes into the Business Integrated Routing and Rating Database System (BIRRDS) to make them available to carriers in the Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG) Conduct a testing phase once LRNs became effective

  7. Direct Access Trial Timeline Eligible VoIP providers must submit to WCB and state commissions numbering proposals within 30 days of release of Direct Access Order IntelePeer requests numbers from NANPA Vonage requests numbers from NANPA SEN requests numbers from NANPA WCB reports to Commission on results of trial WilTel/L3 requests numbers from NANPA Millicorp requests numbers from NANPA WCB approves proposals of Vonage, SmartEdgeNet (SEN), WilTel/Level 3 (WilTel/L3), IntelePeer, and Millicorp and allows them to participate in a limited direct access to numbers trial Direct Access NPRM, Order & NOI released Public comments due on WCB report to Commission 30 days after report is placed in the record Trial ends July 15, 2013 July 27, 2013 April 18, 2013 Jan. 31, 2014 Sept. 6, 2013 June 19, 2013 Dec. 17, 2013 June 17, 2013 May 20, 2013 August 7, 2013 March 3, 2014

  8. Amount of Numbers Used in Trial SEN Vonage Millicorp 3k numbers 3k numbers 30k numbers 1k numbers IntelePeer WilTel/Level 3 Total numbers: 97k

  9. Numbers and LATA Locations • Vonage • 1k numbers in Phoenix, AZ • 1k numbers in Atlanta, GA • 1k numbers in Boston, MA • SmartEdgeNet • 1k numbers in Dallas, TX • 1k numbers in Key West, FL • 1k numbers in Celebration, FL • IntelePeer • 1k numbers in Los Angeles, CA • WilTel/Level 3 • 10k numbers in Boston, MA • 10k numbers in Los Angeles, CA • 10k numbers in Rochester, NY • 10k numbers in Charlotte, NC • 10k numbers in Dallas, TX • 10k numbers in Denver, CO • Millicorp • 10k numbers in Savannah, GA • 10k numbers in Fort Myers, FL • 10k numbers in Boca Raton, FL

  10. Map of Trial Areas Boston, MA Rochester, NY Denver, CO Charlotte, NC Los Angeles, CA Atlanta, GA Phoenix, AZ Dallas, TX Savannah, GA Celebration, FL Boca Raton, FL Fort Myers, FL Legend Vonage WilTel/L3 SEN Millicorp WilTel/L3 & Vonage WilTel/L3 & SEN WilTel/L3 & IntelePeer Key West, FL

  11. Limits on Trial • Following completion of the trial, participants may not obtain direct access to additional numbers unless and until the FCC changes the applicable rules. • While trial participants are not required to return the numbers received during the trial, the FCC reserves the right to order the return of these numbers. • Participants may continue to assign numbers to end-user customers that the participant obtained during the trial. However, they MAY NOT port-in a number for a new customer, they must use a CLEC partner when porting in a new number. • Participants must port-out directly-held numbers upon request.

  12. Trial Results • Level 3 • Placed numbers into service in Boston, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Dallas, and Rochester • Placed 2,821 new numbers into service • 22,669 port-in requests • 21 port-out requests for directly held numbers • 100% of port-ins and port-outs successful • No routing failures or billing or compensation disputes • Vonage • Placed numbers into service in Atlanta and Boston • Placed 1,072 new numbers into service • 116,948 port-in requests • 821 port-out requests for directly held numbers • Completed bulk ports without problem • 100% of port-ins and port-outs successful • No routing failures or billing or compensation disputes

  13. Trial Results (cont’d) • Millicorp • Placed 40 numbers into service in Savannah, GA as of Jan. 15, 2014 • Completed “voice testing” in Boca Raton, FL • Reports no problems, issues, or billing or compensation disputes • SmartEdgeNet • Began voice testing phase • IXC interstate traffic has completed to its network without issue • Local and toll calls are completing from incumbent lines tested in Key West, FL and Dallas, TX • One number assigned for LRN and one for testing in Key West and Celebration, FL • One number assigned for LRN and 11 for use in Dallas, TX • IntelePeer • Has begun operational testing with internal telephone numbers to assess call routing, but has not started provisioning new customers or transitioning existing customer numbers to the IntelePeer OCN

  14. Trial Issues • Interconnection Issue • Limited Scope of Trial • VoIP Interconnection • Facilities Readiness

  15. Conclusions • It is technically feasible for interconnected VoIP providers to obtain telephone numbers directly from the numbering administrators • No routing failures or billing or compensation disputes reported during the Trial • The Trial did not identify any technical problems regarding number porting or VoIP interconnection • To the extent that porting and interconnection disputes arose, WCB believes that additional clarity and guidance can be given in pending rulemakings that address those topics

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