*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 38804* PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET, S. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 20554 DA 04- 1582 News media information 202/ 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202/ 418- 2830 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov Released: May 28, 2004 Proposed Fund Size Estimate and Contribution Factor For North American Numbering Plan (NANP) Administration For July 2004 Through June 2005 CC Docket No. 92- 237 In this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau announces the proposed North American Numbering Plan (NANP) Administration fund size estimate and contribution factor for the fiscal year July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005 (Fiscal Year 2004). If the Commission takes no action regarding the Fiscal Year 2004 fund size estimate and contribution factor proposed herein within the 14- day period following release of this Public Notice, the fund size estimate and the contribution factor shall be deemed approved by the Commission. Rules for Calculating the NANP Administration Fund Size Estimate and Contribution Factor As the NANP billing and collection agent, the North American Numbering Plan Billing and Collection, Inc. (NBANC) developed the annual projected numbering administration costs and fund size estimate. The NANP billing and collection agent is responsible for calculating, assessing, billing, and collecting payments for numbering administration functions and for distributing funds to the entities that support these functions (e. g., the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) and the Pooling Administrator (PA)) on a monthly basis. The NANP billing and collection agent allocates a portion of the funding requirement to all NANP countries. 1 Specifically, it calculates a Canadian contribution amount, a Caribbean contribution amount, and a U. S. contribution amount. The NANP billing and collection agent then develops a contribution factor for U. S. telecommunications carriers designed to collect the projected U. S. contribution. Under section 52.17 of the Commission’s rules, all telecommunications carriers in the United States shall contribute on a competitively neutral basis 1 The NANP member countries are Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, and the United States (including American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). 1 2 to meet the costs of numbering administration. 2 Contributions shall be the product of the carrier’s end- user telecommunications revenues for the prior calendar year and the contribution factor, and such contribution shall be no less than twenty- five dollars ($ 25). 3 NBANC Projection of the Fund Size Estimate and Contribution Factor On May 5, 2004, NBANC filed a fund size estimate and contribution factor for recovering the cost of NANP Administration for Fiscal Year 2004, in accordance with section 52.16 (a) of the Commission’s rules. 4 NBANC proposed a funding requirement of $7,026,013 for Fiscal Year 2004, and a contribution factor of 0.000021. 5 The funding requirement contemplates a Canadian contribution of $67,366.48, a Caribbean contribution of $13,101.52, a contribution by U. S. carriers of $4,920,418, and the application of $2,025,127 from the Fiscal Year 2003 surplus. 6 Effective Date of the Fund Size Estimate and Contribution Factor If the Commission takes no action regarding the proposed fund size estimate and contribution factor within the 14- day period following release of this Public Notice, the fund size estimate and the contribution factor shall be deemed approved by the Commission, and become effective for Fiscal Year 2004. For further information, contact Sanford Williams in the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418- 7400, TTY (202) 418- 0484. 2 47 C. F. R. § 52. 17. 3 47 C. F. R. § 52. 17( a). 4 47 C. F. R. § 52. 16( a). 5 In the Matter of Administration of the North American Numbering Plan, North American Numbering Plan Administration Contribution Factor and Fund Size for July 2004 through June 2005 (filed May 5, 2004). 6 Id. 2