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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 DA  05-  2753  Released:  October  25,  2005 
 FCC  ANNOUNCES  GSA’S  APPROVAL  OF  THE  RENEWAL  OF  THE  NORTH  AMERICAN  NUMBERING 
 COUNCIL  CHARTER  THROUGH  SEPTEMBER  26,  2007 
 (CC  Docket  No.  92-  237) 
 The  General  Services  Administration  (GSA)  has  renewed  the  charter  of  the  North  American  Numbering  Council  (NANC  or  Council)  through  September  26,  2007.  The  Council 
 will  continue  to  advise  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (Commission)  on  rapidly  evolving  and  competitively  significant  numbering  issues  facing  the  telecommunications  industry. 


 In  October  1995,  the  Commission  established  the  NANC,  a  federal  advisory  committee  created  pursuant  to  the  Federal  Advisory  Committee  Act,  5  U.  S.  C.,  App.  2  (1988),  to  advise  the 
 Commission  on  issues  related  to  North  American  Numbering  Plan  (NANP)  administration  in  the  United  States,  including  local  number  portability  administration  issues.  The  original  charter  of 
 the  Council  was  effective  on  October  5,  1995,  establishing  an  initial  two-  year  term.  Amended  charters  were  filed  on  October  5,  1997,  October  5,  1999,  October  5,  2001,  and  October  5,  2003, 
 each  renewing  the  term  of  the  charter  for  an  additional  two  years. 
 Since  the  last  charter  renewal,  the  Council  has  provided  the  Commission  with  critically  important  recommendations  regarding  numbering  issues.  During  the  term  of  the  prior  amended 
 charter,  the  Council  made  recommendations  on  issues  which  included:  (1)  NANC  Local  Number  Portability  Administrator  (LNPA)  Change  Orders  399  and  400  -  changes  to  the  software 
 used  by  the  Number  Portability  Administration  Center;  (2)  Request  for  Commission  Endorsement  of  Two  LNPA  Position  Papers;  (3)  NANC  acceptance  of  new  members  of 
 NeuStar’s  Board  of  Directors;  (4)  Process  Flow  Change  Based  on  the  Industry  Numbering  Committee  Issue  407  (CC  Docket  No.  99-  200);  (5)  NeuStar’s  Request  for  Modification  of  Prior 
 Approval  Policies;  (6)  Intermodal  Porting  Intervals;  (7)  Treatment  of  NANP  Administration  Funds;  (8)  The  NANC’s  Issue  Management  Group  Report  on  the  Impact  of  a  25%  Number 
 Pooling  Contamination  Threshold;  (9)  Abbreviated  Dialing  for  One  Call  Notification;  and  (10)  Amendment  of  the  LNP  Provisioning  Flows  Narrative  to  include  a  footer  statement  and  timer 
 change.  The  Council  also  provided  detailed  evaluations  of  the  North  American  Numbering  Plan  Administrator  (NANPA)  and  the  Pooling  Administrator  (PA).  The  Council  will  continue  to 
 evaluate  the  NANPA’s  and  the  PA’s  performances  annually. 
 Moreover,  the  Council  is  presently  considering  and  formulating  recommendations  on  other  important  numbering  related  issues  that  will  require  work  beyond  the  term  of  the  present 


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 charter.  The  term  of  the  Council’s  renewed  charter  begins  September  26,  2005  and  runs  through  September  26,  2007.  The  renewed  charter  and  current  membership  list  are  attached. 
 The  value  of  this  federal  advisory  committee  to  the  telecommunications  industry  and  to  the  American  public  cannot  be  overstated.  Telephone  numbers  are  the  means  by  which 
 consumers  gain  access  to,  and  reap  the  benefits  of,  the  public  switched  telephone  network.  The  Council’s  recommendations  to  the  Commission  will  facilitate  fair  and  efficient  numbering 
 administration  in  the  United  States,  and  will  ensure  that  numbering  resources  are  available  to  all  telecommunications  service  providers  on  a  fair  and  equitable  basis,  consistent  with  the 
 requirements  of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996. 
 FOR  FURTHER  INFORMATION  CONTACT:  Deborah  Blue,  Special  Assistant  to  the  Designated  Federal  Officer  at  (202)  418-  1466  or  Deborah.  Blue@  fcc.  gov.  The  address  is: 
 Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  445  Twelfth  Street,  SW,  Room  5-  A420,  Washington,  DC  20554. 
 The  fax  number  is:  (202)  418-  2345.  The  TTY  number  is:  (202)  418-  0484. 


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