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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  05-  2216  July  29,  2005 
 NEXTEL  COMMUNICATIONS,  INC.  AND  SPRINT  CORPORATION  APPLICATIONS  FOR  TRANSFER  OF  CONTROL  OF  LICENSES  AND  AUTHORIZATIONS 
 NUMBERING  RESOURCE  UTILIZATION  AND  FORECAST  (NRUF)  REPORTS  AND  LOCAL  NUMBER  PORTABILITY  REPORTS  PLACED  INTO  THE  RECORD, 
 SUBJECT  TO  PROTECTIVE  ORDER 


 WT  Docket  No.  05-  63  CC  Docket  No.  99-  200 
 CC  Docket  No.  95-  116 
 The  Commission  is  reviewing  applications  for  the  transfer  of  control  of  licenses  and  authorizations  held  by  Nextel  Communications,  Inc.  to  Sprint  Corporation  (collectively,  the 
 “Applicants”)  in  WT  Docket  No.  05-  63.  1  In  addition  to  analyzing  data  submitted  by  the  Applicants  and  other  wireless  telecommunications  carriers  in  this  proceeding,  information  contained  in  the  Numbering 
 Resource  Utilization  and  Forecast  (“  NRUF”)  reports  filed  by  wireless  telecommunications  carriers  and  disaggregated,  carrier-  specific  local  number  portability  (“  LNP”)  data  related  to  wireless 
 telecommunications  carriers  are  being  examined.  2  These  data,  in  conjunction  with  data  currently  in  the  record,  may  assist  the  Commission  in  assessing  the  competitive  effects  of  the  transaction. 


 On  March  3,  2005,  the  Commission  released  a  Public  Notice  stating  that  it  would  place,  in  the  record  of  WT  Docket  No.  05-  63,  NRUF  reports  for  all  wireless  carriers  with  data  as  of  December  31, 
 2003,  and  as  of  June  30,  2004,  and  all  LNP  data  for  all  wireless  telecommunications  carriers  (i.  e.  wireless  to  wireless,  wireless  to  wireline,  and  wireline  to  wireless  ports)  from  the  December  2003,  June  2004,  and 


 1  Applications  of  Nextel  Communications,  Inc.,  and  Sprint  Corporation  for  Consent  to  Transfer  Control  of  Licenses 
 and  Authorizations,  ULS  File  No.  0002031766  et  al.  (filed  February  8,  2005). 
 2  Section  251  of  the  Communications  Act  grants  the  Commission  jurisdiction  over  the  North  American  Numbering 
 Plan  (“  NANP”)  and  related  telephone  numbering  issues.  To  better  monitor  the  way  numbering  resources  are  used  within  the  NANP  and  efficiently  allocate  NANP  resources,  the  Commission  requires  telecommunications  carriers  to 


 provide  the  Commission  with  a  utilization  report  of  their  current  inventory  of  telephone  numbers  and  a  five-  year  forecast  of  their  numbering  resource  requirements.  See  In  the  Matter  of  Numbering  Resource  Optimization,  Report 
 and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  15  FCC  Rcd  7574,  7578-  79  ¶  5  (2000). 
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 December  2004  LNP  databases  that  the  Commission  received  from  NeuStar,  Inc.  3  The  purpose  of  this  Public  Notice  is  to  announce  that  the  Commission  will  also  place  the  NRUF  reports  for  all  wireless 
 telecommunications  carriers  for  December  2004  in  the  record  of  WT  Docket  No.  05-  63,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Protective  Order  previously  entered.  4 


 Pursuant  to  the  Protective  Order,  interested  persons  who  are  not  involved  in  competitive  decision-making  activities  and  who  have  signed  the  Acknowledgment  of  Confidentiality  may  review  confidential 
 information.  We  emphasize  that  persons  seeking  to  review  the  NRUF  or  LNP  data  must  have  adequate  protections  in  place  prevent  disclosure  of  this  information.  The  Protective  Order  also  provides  persons 
 who  submitted  confidential  information  five  business  days  to  object  to  the  release  of  that  information  to  a  person  who  requests  to  review  it.  Because  interested  persons  who  wish  to  review  the  NRUF  or  LNP  data 
 will  be  seeking  those  data  from  the  Commission  rather  than  from  the  carriers  themselves,  thereby  preventing  the  carriers  from  learning  when  a  person  seeks  to  review  their  confidential  information,  the 
 Commission  will  not  release  the  information  until  it  has  issued  a  further  Public  Notice  listing  the  persons  seeking  access  or  otherwise  notifying  the  affected  wireless  telecommunications  carriers  and  giving  the 
 carriers  five  business  days  to  object. 
 This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  Sections  4(  i)  and  310(  d)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i)  and  310(  d),  Section  4  of  the  Freedom  of  Information  Act,  5  U.  S.  C. 
 §  552(  b)(  4),  and  authority  delegated  under  Section  0.331  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.331,  and  is  effective  upon  its  adoption. 


 For  further  information,  contact  Louis  Peraertz,  Spectrum  and  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1879,  Sara  Mechanic,  Spectrum  and  Competition 
 Policy  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  0793,  or  Sanford  Williams,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1508. 


 3  Nextel  Communications  and  Sprint  Corporation  Seek  FCC  Consent  to  Transfer  Control  of  Licenses  and 
 Authorizations,  Numbering  Resource  Utilization  and  Forecast  and  Local  Number  Portability  Data,  Placed  into  the  Record  Pursuant  to  Protective  Order,  Public  Notice,  20  FCC  Rcd  4119,  4120-  4122  (2005). 


 4  Applications  for  the  Transfer  of  Control  of  Licenses  and  Authorizations  from  Nextel  Services,  Inc.  and  Its 
 Subsidiaries  to  Sprint  Corporation,  Protective  Order,  Order  (DA05-  423),  20  FCC  Rcd  3607  (2005). 
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