[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77449-77450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30529]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CC Docket No. 92-237; DA 13-2227]
GSA Approves Renewal of North American Numbering Council Charter
Through September 20, 2015
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On November 20, 2013, the Commission released a public notice
announcing GSA's approval of the renewal of the North American
Numbering Council charter through September 20, 2015. The intended
effect of this action is to make the public aware of the renewal of the
North American Numbering Council charter.
DATES: Renewed through September 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission, The Portals II, 445 12th Street SW.,
Suite 5-C162, Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmell Weathers, Special Assistant to
the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at (202) 418-2325 or
[email protected]. The fax number is: (202) 418-1413. The TTY
number is: 1-888-835-5322.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The General Services Administration (GSA)
has renewed the charter of the North American Numbering Council (NANC
or Council) through September 20, 2015. The Council will continue to
advise the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) on rapidly
evolving and significant number administration 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. The
NANP is the telephone numbering plan for the United States and its
territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 17 Caribbean nations. The Commission
filed the original charter of the Council on October 5, 1995, and
established an initial two-year term. The Wireline Competition Bureau
has renewed this charter every two years since that date. Since the
last charter renewal, the Council has made recommendations to the
Commission on important number administration matters, such as
technical requirements related to a new Local Number Portability
Administrator contract. The NANC also submitted recommendations on ways
to improve local number porting, such as standardizing customer
information and revising carrier procedures. In addition, the Council
provided detailed annual evaluations of the current North American
Numbering Plan Administrator, the Pooling Administrator, and the
Billing and Collection Agent. It will continue to evaluate the
performances of these
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entities annually. The Council is presently considering recommendations
on other important number administration-related issues that will
require work beyond the term of the present charter.
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 ensure
that telephone numbers are available to all telecommunications service
providers on a fair and equitable basis, consistent with the
requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Federal Communications Commission.
Sanford S. Williams,
Attorney, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2013-30529 Filed 12-20-13; 8:45 am]
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