Federal Communications Commission 
Before the 
Federal Communications Commission 
Washington, D.C. 20554 
In the Matter of 
Administration of the 
North American Numbering Plan 
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North American Numbering Plan 
Cost Recovery Contribution Factor 
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ORDER 
CC Docket No. 92-237 
NSD File No. 98-149 
DA 98-2648 
Adopted: December 30, 1998 Released: December 30, 1998 
By the Chief, Network Services Division, Common Carrier Bureau: 
1. By this Order, we approve the compensation plan for the North American Numbering 
Plan (NANP) Administration for fiscal year 1999. The Commission, in the original NANP Order, 
implemented section 251(e)1 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, by requiring all 
telecommunications carriers to contribute to the cost recovery for numbering administration. 2 The 
Commission required each telecommunications carrier to base its contribution to the North American 
Numbering Plan Administrator's (NANP A) cost recovery mechanism on its net telecommunications 
revenues.3 Consistent with section 251(e), the Commission established the North American 
Numbering Council (NANC) and instructed the NANC to recommend to the Commission neutral 
entities to serve as the administrator and billing and collection agent for the NANP.4 The billing and 
collection agent's primary function is to calculate, assess, bill and collect payments for numbering 
administration functions and to distribute funds to the NANPA on a monthly basis.5 
47 U.S.C § 251(e). 
2 Administration of the North American Numbering Plan, Report and Order, 11 FCC Red 2588 
(1995) (NANP Order). 
3 Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 
Second Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order, 11 FCC Red 19392, 19541 (1996) (Local 
Competition Second Report and Order). 
4 NANP Order, 11 FCC Red at 2607-09. 
5 Administration of the North American Numbering Plan, Third Report and Order, and Toll Free 
Service Access Codes, Third Report and Order, 12 FCC 23040, 23057 (1997) (NANP Third Report and 
Order). 
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2. In October 1997, the Commission named Lockheed Martin as the North American 
Numbering Plan Administrator and established National Exchange Carriers Association (NECA) as the 
billing and collection agent (B&C Agent).6, To resolve any potential neutrality concerns, the 
Commission ordered NECA to establish a separate subsidiary with its own Board of Directors to carry 
out the billing and collection function. On December 22, 1997, the Commission approved 
incorporation of the North American Billing and Collection, Inc. (NBANC) as a wholly owned 
subsidiary of NECA and its Board was initially convened in April 1998. In the NANPA Third Report 
and Order, the Commission directed NBANC to perform collection activities, and directed NBANC to 
design a reporting worksheet to collect information to assess contributions and to bill and collect from 
the carriers the funds necessary to compensate the NANP administrator for numbering plan and central 
office code administration. 7 
3. Pursuant to section 52.16(a) of the Commission's rules, the NBANC filed its report 
with the Commission, establishing the contribution factor and fund size required to finance U.S. 
carriers' share of the NANP A's costs as well as the NBANC's own billing and collection costs for 
Fiscal Year (FY) 1999.8 NBANC indicated that the total funding requirement for FY 1999 is 
$4,584,300.9 Of that amount, $4,280,000 will be paid to the NANPA and $304,300 will be paid to 
NBANC. According to NBANC's computations, international contributors, namely Canada and the 
Caribbean Countries will need to contribute $150,550 (Canada $126,310 and the Caribbean nations 
combined $24,240). These contributions were estimated based on population and adjusted to reflect 
work performed by others. The domestic carriers' contribution requirement is $4,433,750 before 
adjusting for the prior year fonding surplus. NBANC indicates that it is holding an $800,000 surplus 
from year one, and proposed to offset U.S. contributions by 50% of that surplus, leaving a net 
domestic contribution requirement of $4,033, 750. 
4. To compute the U.S. telecommunications carriers' contribution factor, NBANC uses 
the data provided by U.S. telecommunications service providers on their respective revenues and 
payments to other carriers.10 NBANC calculates that U.S. telecommunications service providers had 
reported gross telecommunications revenues for 1997 of $240,681,509,118 and payments to other 
telecommunications service providers of $42,171,843,594. NBANC uses these data to compute net 
U.S. telecommunications revenues of $198,516,151,777. It then computes the contribution factor 
0.000020 by dividing the 1999 funding requirement by net telecommunications revenues.11 
6 NANP Third Report and Order, 12 FCC at 23071-75. 
7 See NANP Third Report and Order, 12 FCC Red at 23083. See also 47 C.F.R. §§ 52.16(a) and (b). 
8 North American Numbering Plan Administration Contribution Factor and Fund Size for March 1999 
Through February 2000, filed November 20, 1998 (NBANC Report). On November 24, 1998, the Common 
Carrier Bureau issued a Public Notice requesting comments on the data and computations set forth in 
the NBANC Report. See NBANC Submits the North American Numbering Plan Administration's Contribution 
Factor and Fund Size for March 1999 Through February 2000, Public Notice, DA 98-2393 (Com. Car. Bur., 
rel. Nov. 24, 1998). The Comment period for the Public Notice closed on December 15, 1998. No 
comments were filed in connection with the NBANC Report. 
9 See NBANC Report at page 7 and Exhibits 1 and 2. 
10 Such data are provided on the NANPA Funding Worksheet, FCC Form 496. 
11 NBANC Report at page 8. 
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5. The Division has reviewed NBANC's submission and approves: (1) its projected 1999 
funding requirements for Lockheed and for NBANC, (2) its retention of 50% of 1998's surplus, and 
(3) the 0.000020 contribution factor for U.S. telecommunications service providers. Based on our 
review of the report, we find that NBANC's computations comply with section 51.16(a) of the 
Commission's rules12 and determine that it may begin billing domestic carriers in February 1999 for 
the March 1999-February 2000 period at the computed amount. In addition, we approve NBANC's 
proposed adjustment to the U.S. carriers' contribution factor to reflect the surplus that it has from 
1998. 
6. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to section 251 ( e) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 251(e), and sections 0.91, 0.291, and 51.16(a) of the Commission's 
rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 51.16(a), that NBANC apply the contribution factor of 0.000020 to the net revenue 
(gross revenues less payments to other carriers) of each telecommunications carrier in the United 
States. Payments will be due March 12, 1999. Carriers with contribution requirements in excess of 
$1,200 may opt to pay in twelve equal monthly installments. A minimum payment requirement of 
$100 remains in effect. 
7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the Secretary shall provide a copy of this Order to 
each state utility commission and to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business 
Administration. 
12 47 C.F.R. § 52.16(a). 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
Anna M. Gomez 
Chief 
Network Services Division 
Common Carrier Bureau 
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