[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25157-25158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12074]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Chapter I
[CC Docket No. 95-116; DA 97-916]
The North American Numbering Council (NANC) Issues
Recommendations Regarding the Implementation of Telephone Number
Portability
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has released a Public Notice which establishes
a pleading cycle for comments on the NANC's recommendations regarding
local number portability administrators (LPNAs), the duties of LPNAs,
the location of regional number portability databases, and technical
specifications for the regional databases.
DATES: Comments are due on or before June 2, 1997, and reply comments
are due on or before June 17, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comments and reply comments should be sent to Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, NW., Room
222, Washington, D.C. 20554, with a copy to Janice Myles of the Common
Carrier Bureau, 1919 M Street, NW., Room 544, Washington, D.C. 20554.
Parties should also file one copy of any documents filed in this docket
with the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription
Services, Inc., 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Teplitz or Kyle Dixon, Policy
and Program Planning Division, Common Carrier Bureau, (202) 418-1580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Synopsis of Public Notice
On June 27, 1996, the Commission adopted the First Report and Order
and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (First Report & Order) (61 FR
38605 (July 25, 1996)) in the above-referenced docket implementing the
requirement under section 251(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, that all local exchange carriers offer number portability in
accordance with requirements prescribed by the Commission. In the First
Report & Order, the Commission directed the North American Numbering
Council (NANC), a federal advisory committee, to select one or more
independent, non-governmental entities that are not aligned with any
particular telecommunications segment, to serve as a local number
portability administrator(s) (LNPA(s)). The Commission also directed
the NANC to make recommendations regarding, inter alia, the duties of
LNPA(s), the location of regional databases, and technical
specifications for the regional databases.
The NANC forwarded its recommendations to the Commission on May 1,
1997 in a report from its Local Number Portability Administration
Selection Working Group, dated April 25, 1997. Specifically, the NANC
issued recommendations in the following areas: (1) What party or
parties should be selected as LNPA(s); (2) whether one or multiple
LNPA(s) should be selected; (3) how the LNPA(s) should be selected; (4)
specific duties of the LNPA(s); (5) geographic coverage of the regional
databases; (6) technical standards, including interoperability
standards, network interface standards, and technical specifications,
for the regional databases; (7) the sharing of numbering information
between the North American Numbering Plan Administrator and the
LNPA(s); and (8) the future role of the NANC with respect to local
number portability issues. The Commission will act on these
recommendations in a future order.
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Copies of the NANC's Local Number Portability Administration Selection
Working Group report are available for public inspection and copying
during normal business hours, in the Commission's Public Reference
Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20554. Copies
can also be obtained from International Transcription Service, Inc.
(ITS), the Commission's contractor for public service records
duplication, at 2100 M Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20037, or by
calling (202) 875-3800. In addition, the NANC's Local Number
Portability Administration Selection Working Group report is available
for review via the Commission's website at http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/Nanc.
The First Report & Order directed the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau,
to issue a Public Notice that specifically identifies the
administrator(s) selected by the NANC and the proposed locations of the
regional databases. Pursuant to this directive, we hereby announce that
the NANC has made the following recommended LNPA selections, in the
following regions:
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Region Specific states per region Administrator
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Northeast............................ Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Lockheed Martin IMS.
New York, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, and Massachusetts.
Mid-Atlantic......................... New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Lockheed Martin IMS.
Delaware, Maryland, West
Virginia, Virginia, and
Washington, DC.
Mid-West............................. Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Lockheed Martin IMS.
Michigan, and Ohio.
Southeast............................ Florida, Georgia, North Perot Systems, Inc.
Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Southwest............................ Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Lockheed Martin IMS.
Arkansas, and Missouri.
Western.............................. Washington, Oregon, Montana, Perot Systems, Inc.
Wyoming, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa,
Nebraska, Colorado, Utah,
Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho, and
Alaska.
West Coast........................... California, Nevada, and Hawaii.. Perot Systems, Inc.
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The NANC also recommends that the U.S. territories choose from one of
the seven regions. A state has 60 days from the release date of this
Public Notice to notify the Common Carrier Bureau and the NANC that it
does not wish to participate in the regional database system for number
portability.
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2
Sec. 9, and consistent with its charter, the NANC's authority is
limited to providing advice and recommendations to the Commission.
Moreover, all procedural requirements of the Administrative Procedure
Act, 5 U.S.C. Sec. 551 et seq., and other applicable statutes continue
to apply. Interested parties should file an original and four copies of
their comments on the NANC's number portability recommendations by June
2, 1997 and reply comments by June 17, 1997 with the Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20554. Comments and reply comments should reference CC
Docket No. 96-115. In addition, parties should send one copy to Janice
Myles, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room 544, 1919 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20554, and one copy to ITS, at 2100 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20037. Comments and reply comments will be available
for public inspection and copying during regular business hours in the
Commission's Public Reference Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20554. Copies of comments and reply comments will also
be available from ITS, at 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037,
or by calling (202) 875-3800.
We will continue to treat this proceeding as a non-restricted
rulemaking for purposes of the Commission's ex parte rules. See
generally 47 CFR Secs. 1.1200(a), 1.1206. For further information
contact Steven Teplitz or Kyle Dixon, Policy and Program Planning
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-1580.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-12074 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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