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Betty Ann Kane
Chairman
August 17, 2016
Mr. Matthew DelNero
Chief
Wireline Competition I3ureau
Federal Communications Commission
445 Twelfth Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20554
RE: Update — NANC’s Report on National Number Portability
Dear Mr. DelNero:
On June 16, 2016, in response to the submittal of the North American Numbering Council’s
(“NANC”) “Report on Nationwide Number Portability” (NANC NNP Report; May 16, 2016),
you requested that I bring to your attention any new developments that I believe could inform the
ICC ‘ s thinking on nationwide number portability (“NNP”).
The NANC NNP Report noted that the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions’
(“ATIS”) Packet Technology & Systems Committee “is currently reviewing possible technical
solutions for NNP and is expected to have possible recommendations available in the coming
months that may provide further information related to preferred industry technical solutions
related to NNP.” (@ pg. 12). Accordingly, I would like to provide you with an update on the
ATIS’s and NANC’s work on NNP implementation technical solutions.
At its June 30. 2016 meeting, the NANC was informed by the l’uture of Numbering Working
Group (“FoN WG”) that the ATIS had completed its initial analysis of possible technical
solutions for NNP and had provided the FoN WG with a copy of the draft technical report on
NNP. A copy of the ATIS’s draft NNP report was provided to the NANC members and
discussed at the June 30 meeting.
The ATIS’s draft NNP report considers live approaches to implementing NNP, but makes no
recommendation on a specific approach to pursue. The ATIS report identifies the key impacts of
each proposal and notes that further analysis is warranted before making a decision on any
specific approach to implementing NNP.
The Local Number Portability Administration Working Group (“LNPA WG”) reported at the
NANC’s June 30 meeting that it was currently reviewing the ATIS’s NNP report and would
report back to [lie NANC at the September 15. 2016 meeting on the results of its evaluation of’
the ATIS’s NNP report.
Subsequent to the NANC’s June 30 meeting the ATIS released to the public its ‘Technical
Report on a Nationwide Number Portability Study”; ATIS-1000071). A copy of’ the ATIS report
is attached.
Finally, as the FCC considers the policy and technical issues related to implementing NNP,
please be aware that the NANC stands ready to assist the Wireline Competition and Wireless
Telecommunications Bureaus, the Technology Transitions Policy Task Force and others in this
endeavor.
Please feel free to contact me or my Policy Advisor, Cary B. Hinton (chintonpsc.dc.gov), if
you or members of your staff have any questions regarding this matter.
Sincerely,
Betty Ann Kane
Chairman
North American Numbering Council
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cc: Kris Monteith, FCC
Ann Stevens, FCC
Marilyn Jones, FCC
Sanford Williams, FCC
Carmel Weathers. FCC
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