[Federal Register: October 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 195)]
[Notices]
[Page 57573-57574]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[CC Docket No. 92-237; DA 07-4080]
GSA Approves Renewal of North American Numbering Council Charter
Through September 27, 2009
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On October 2, 2007, the Commission released a public notice
announcing GSA approves renewal of North American Numbering Council
charter through September 27, 2009. 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 27, 2009.
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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: Deborah Blue, Special Assistant to the
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at (202) 418-1466 or
Deborah.Blue@fcc.gov. The fax number is: (202) 418-2345. The TTY number
is: (202) 418-0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Released October 2, 2007.
The GSA has renewed the charter of the North American Numbering
Council (Council) through September 27, 2009. The Council will continue
to advise the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) on rapidly
evolving and competitively significant numbering issues facing the
telecommunications industry.
In October 1995, the Commission established the North American
Numbering Council, 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 in the United States, including local number portability
administration issues. The original charter of the Council was
effective on October 5, 1995, establishing an initial two-year term.
Amended charters were filed on October 5, 1997, October 5, 1999,
October 5, 2001, October 5, 2003, and September 26, 2005 each renewing
the term of the charter for an additional two years.
Since the last charter renewal, the Council has provided the
Commission with critically important recommendations regarding number
administration, such as the development and recommendation of interim
and permanent guidelines for pseudo Automatic Number Identification
administration. In addition, the Council developed and recommended
technical requirements for a request for proposals associated with a
new Pooling Administrator (PA) contract. The Council also provided
detailed evaluations of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator
(NANPA) and the PA. The Council will continue to evaluate the NANPA's
and the PA's performances annually.
Moreover, the Council is presently considering and formulating
recommendations on other important numbering-related issues that will
require work beyond the term of the present charter. The term of the
Council's renewed charter begins September 27, 2007 and runs through
September 27, 2009.
The value of this federal advisory committee to the
telecommunications industry and to the American public cannot be
overstated. 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 facilitate fair and
efficient number administration in the United States, and will ensure
that numbering resources 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.
Marilyn Jones,
Attorney, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. E7-19939 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
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