Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report to the NANC

1. Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report to the NANC • Dyan Adams, INC Co-Chair • Shaunna Forshee, INC Co-Chair • September 17, 2014

2. Overview • About INC • INC Meetings/Membership • Issue 748: Assess Impacts on Numbering Resources and Numbering Administration with Transition from Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Internet Protocol (IP) • Issue 762: CO Codes Assigned/Transferred only to Providers who own Switching Facilities

3. 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

4. INC Meetings • Meetings • Since the previous NANC meeting, INC held one face-to-face meeting from July 29-31, 2014, and interim meetings on July 23 and August 26, 2014. • An INC meeting is being held this week in Washington, DC.

5. Issue 748: Assess Impacts on Numbering Resources and Numbering Administration with Transition from Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Internet Protocol (IP) • INC has drafted a response to the FCC regarding the impacts of large-scale rate center consolidation during the transition from PSTN to IP. • Outlined positive and negative impacts of large-scale rate center consolidation • Documented impacts to carriers networks and systems • Identified that regulatory changes would be necessary • Concluded that, given the complexities related to large-scale rate center consolidation, it is premature to develop a plan for implementation. However, as carriers’ network architecture and the market drives the need for such consolidation, the industry and regulators should work collaboratively to develop a plan.

6. Issue 762: CO codes assigned/transferred only to providers who own switching facilities • When a Central Office (CO) code is assigned and the Part 1 has an invalid Switching Entity or Point of Interconnection, the CO code cannot be built in iconectiv'sBusiness Integrated Routing & Rating Database System (BIRRDS). This can result in: • Delays that affect other service providers with blocks from that code. • More red blocks in the pool. • Stranded numbers if there is no regulatory direction to reclaim the code. • INC has modified the guidelines to expand verification that the switching ID/POI is valid for an NPA-NXX assignmentand is built in BIRRDS.

7. 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

8. Issues in Final Closure • Issue 757, Need to Review and Update Telcordia Technologies Branding Reference in all ATIS INC Documents • Issue 762, CO codes assigned/transferred only to providers who own switching facilities • Issue 773, Allocation of a 5XX NPA to Canadian Service Providers • Issue 776, Approval of Part 4-PA prior to code effective date • Issue 780, Update NPA Relief Planning and Notification Guidelines-Appendix F

9. Relevant INC Web Pages • INC Homepage: http://www.atis.org/inc/index.asp • INC Issues (historical and active): http://www.atis.org/inc/incissue.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