Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 18-1195
Released:  November 26, 2018

WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU ANNOUNCES EFFECTIVE DATE OF 
TOLL FREE ASSIGNMENT MODERNIZATION RULE REVISIONS 

WC Docket No. 17-192, CC Docket No. 95-155

On September 27, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission released a Report and Order (TFAM Order) that revised certain toll free numbering rules to promote the efficient allocation of toll free numbers. See Toll Free Assignment Modernization, WC Docket No. 17-192, CC Docket No. 95-155, Report and Order, FCC 18-137 (rel. Sept. 27, 2018).
  To ensure that numbers are assigned to the parties that value them most, the Commission’s rules now allow for numbers to be assigned in a manner suited to their specific characteristics, including by auction, Id. at 6, paras. 12-13; see also 47 CFR § 52.111.
 and for those numbers assigned via auction to be transferred in the secondary market. Id. at 28-31, paras. 79-85; see also 47 CFR §§ 52.105(f); 52.107(c).  The TFAM Order made further ministerial revisions to the Commission’s toll free numbering rules.  Toll Free Assignment Modernization, FCC 18-137 at 31-33, paras. 86-93; see also 47 CFR §§ 52.101(a), (e); 52.103(a)(10), (b)(1), (d), (f); 52.109(c).
  
The Federal Register published a summary of the TFAM Order, including rule revisions, on October 23, 2018. Federal Communications Commission, Toll Free Assignment Modernization, 83 Fed. Reg. 53377 (Oct. 23, 2018).
  As ordered in the TFAM Order, the toll free numbering rule revisions take effect 30 days after publication of the revisions in the Federal Register. Toll Free Assignment Modernization, FCC 18-137 at 35, para. 100.
  Therefore, the rule revisions are effective as of November 23, 2018.
For further information, please contact Matthew Collins, Wireline Competition Bureau, Competition Policy Division, at (202) 418-7141 or via e-mail at matthew.collins@fcc.gov.

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