Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report to the NANC

1. Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report to the NANC • Natalie McNamer, INC Chair • Dana Crandall, INC Vice Chair • February 21, 2013

2. 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. • The INC currently has three subcommittees: • Resource Assignment and Management (RAM) maintains and develops enhancements to the industry guidelines that provide for assignment to and management of those numbering and addressing resources managed by the Industry Numbering Committee for assignment to/by Service Providers or Users. Examples of such resources are: CO/NXX Codes, Thousands-Blocks, Telephone Numbers, CICs, 555 line numbers etc. • Numbering and Addressing Resource Planning (NARP) maintains and develops the industry guidelines for relief or exhaust of current resources and implementation of new numbering or addressing resources. It also develops industry guidelines and reports regarding new, or new uses of, numbering or addressing resources. Examples of such areas of responsibility are NPA Relief Planning and Implementation, NPA Allocation, NANP Exhaust, 500/900 portability, Resources for Machine-to-Machine communications etc. • Document Management/Maintenance (DMM) is responsible for managing non-substantive issues to keep INC documents and website up to date, as well as revising documents for readability and usability without changing the technical or regulatory meaning/content of the document(s) being maintained.

3. INC Meetings/Membership • Meetings • Since the last NANC meeting, INC held one face-to-face meeting on February 5-7, 2013 • The next INC Meeting will be held in Minneapolis, MN on April 23-25, 2013 • Details on all future meetings can be found at: http://www.atis.org/inc/calendar.asp • 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. Issue 719: Available “Red” Blocks where PSTN Activation has not been confirmed • Most rate center pools are now replenished by the opening of new codes rather than donated blocks. When a new code is opened, blocks not assigned to the code holder are placed in the pool with a future available date and marked “red” until the code holder confirms activation in the PSTN and all other code holder responsibilities have been met. • When code holders don’t fulfill their responsibilities within required timeframes, there are negative impacts to block holders that have to accept “red” blocks from the pool because there are no other blocks available in the pool. • INC added text to the Thousands-Block Pooling Guidelines: • Outlining the negative impacts to block holders when code holders fail to fulfill their responsibilities • To note that after the code holder has belatedly loaded the code in NPAC, NPAC personnel will now have two business days to add a block holder’s block in NPAC. • Expanding the PA’s ability to facilitate and streamline communication between the block holder and the code holder when the code holder hasn’t fulfilled its responsibilities

5. Issue 748: Assess Impacts on Numbering Resources and Numbering Administration with Transition from Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Internet Protocol (IP) • Presentations were given at the February 2013 INC meeting • “The Future of Telephone Numbers – TN 3.0” by Tom McGarry, Neustar • This presentation was similar to a presentation given to the FoN WG in November 2012 and provides a high level, global view of how TNs may be used in the future • “Begin the IP Transition in Numbering - Steps away from TDM standard operations” by Mark Lancaster, AT&T • A more detailed view of how TNs may be obtained, ported, routed, and reported as the industry transitions to IP

6. Issues in Initial Pending • Issue 692: Update the 5YY requirements for resources • NANPA Change Order #1 approved; implementation expected in 3Q2013 • Issue 702: Update Service Description for Use of 5YY Resources • NANPA Change Order #1 approved; implementation expected in 3Q2013 • Issue 715: Update TBPAG For Retrieving a Block Donated/Returned in Error • PA Change Order #23 approved; implementation tentatively scheduled for April 6, 2013

7. Issues in Final Closure • Issue 744: Review SP Contact Data Availability for Numbering Resources • Issue 746: Add Information to INC Guidelines Regarding FCC “Red Light” Rule • Issue 747: Updates to the NPA Relief Activities section of the p-ANI Guidelines • Issue 749: Update COCAG Part 2, Form 6 • Issue 750: References to Parent Company OCN

8. 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 Veronica Lancaster, ATIS INC Manager, via email at vlancaster@atis.org or (202) 434-8826.