NANC Report Future of Numbering Fo N Working

NANC Report Future of Numbering (Fo. N) Working Group Fo. N Tri-Chairs Carolee Hall, Idaho PUC Dawn Lawrence, XO Communications Suzanne Addington, Sprint June 4, 2015

Future of Numbering WG Mission • To explore changes to the environment, including new and future technologies, the impact of market place and/or regulatory changes and innovations on telephone numbering. Scope: • The Working Group will investigate new telephone numbering assignment approaches and future telephone number assignment requirements. The Working Group will identify common criteria and gather data to identify trends and their impact upon numbering resources. The Working Group, if necessary, will analyze opportunities to determine the feasibility and benefit of each and report its findings to the NANC. The Working Group will also analyze various topics that may be given to it from time to time by the NANC and/or FCC. 2

Future of Numbering WG Status: • Subcommittee Updates – FTN 4: Geographic Issues • The sub-committee created a white paper (Geographic Routing of Toll Free Services) which was shared with the NANC members in December. – FTN 8: All IP Addressing • • All IP Addressing sub-committee was created to define future identifiers in support of IP industry trends beyond the e. 164 numbering plan (including M 2 M impacts). • The team continues to meet monthly and plans to create a white paper to present to the NANC when completed. Nationwide 10 -digit Dialing was agreed to be added as an open discussion item for future discussions. 3

Fo. N Membership • • • • • 800 Response Information Services AT&T ATIS ATL Resp. Org Services Brighthouse Networks Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission Century. Link Charter Communications Comcast Cox Communications Custom Toll Free Earth. Link Business Evolving Systems iconectiv Idaho Public Utilities Commission Integra Telecom John Staurulakis, Inc. (JSI) Maine Public Utilities Commission MA Dept. of Telecommunications & Cable • • • • • Michigan Public Service Commission Minnesota Department of Commerce Nebraska Public Service Commission NENA Neustar Oregon Public Utility Commission Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission PHONEWORD SMS/800, Inc. Sprint TCA, Telecom Consulting Associates Tele. Smart T-Mobile US Telecom Verizon Wireless Vonage Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Wisconsin Public Service Commission XO Communications 4

Meeting Schedule/Contact Info • Conference Calls Held: – 4/01/15 • Scheduled calls: – First Wednesday of each month Noon-1: 30 PM ET – Next Meeting: July 1, 2015 • Contact info: Carolee. Hall@puc. idaho. gov dawn. r. lawrence@xo. com suzanne. m. addington@sprint. com • Fo. N meeting notes and documents are posted at: http: //www. nanc-chair. org/docs/documents. html 5