1 Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report to the NANC Natalie McNamer, INC Chair Dana Crandall, INC Vice Chair December 13, 2012

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Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report to the NANCNatalie McNamer, INC Chair Dana Crandall, INC Vice Chair

December 13, 2012

ATIS Board of Directors’ MeetingOctober 20, 2011

INC Report to the NANCDecember 13, 2012

About INC• The Industry Numbering Committee (INC) provides an open forum to address and

resolve industry-wide issues associated with planning, administration, allocation, assignment and use of North American Numbering Plan (NANP) numbering resources within the NANP area.

• The INC currently has three subcommittees:• Resource Assignment and Management (RAM) maintains and develops

enhancements to the industry guidelines that provide for assignment to and management of those numbering and addressing resources managed by the Industry Numbering Committee for assignment to/by Service Providers or Users. Examples of such resources are: CO/NXX Codes, Thousands-Blocks, Telephone Numbers, CICs, 555 line numbers etc.

• Numbering and Addressing Resource Planning (NARP) maintains and develops the industry guidelines for relief or exhaust of current resources and implementation of new numbering or addressing resources. It also develops industry guidelines and reports regarding new, or new uses of, numbering or addressing resources. Examples of such areas of responsibility are NPA Relief Planning and Implementation, NPA Allocation, NANP Exhaust, 500/900 portability, Resources for Machine-to-Machine communications etc.

• Document Management/Maintenance (DMM) is responsible for managing non-substantive issues to keep INC documents and website up to date, as well as revising documents for readability and usability without changing the technical or regulatory meaning/content of the document(s) being maintained.



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INC Meetings

• INC Meetings: INC held two face-to-face meetings since the last NANC report.• October 2-4, 2012 (Overland Park, KS)• December 4-5, 2012 (St. Louis, MO)

• Next INC Meeting: February 5-7, 2013 (Sterling, VA)

• Details on all future meetings can be found at: www.atis.org/inc/calendar.asp

http://www.atis.org/inc/calendar.asp


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Issue 743: Clarify Timeframes in COCAG and TBPAG for BIRRDS and NPAC Entries for Code Holders

• Most of the pools are being replenished by the opening of new codes. When a new code is opened, the blocks not assigned to the code holder are placed in the available pool but may not be viable until the code holder confirms activation in the PSTN and all other code holder responsibilities have been met.

• Part of the code holder responsibilities include adding a new pooled code to the Business Integrated Routing and Rating Database System (BIRRDS) and to the NPAC, but the guidelines did not specify a timeframe by which a new pooled code must be added to the NPAC.

• Delays in adding a new pooled code to BIRRDS and to the NPAC can negatively impact a block holder with a block from that code because the block cannot be put into service. If a block holder cannot use its assigned resources, it may have no alternative other than to seek a safety valve waiver to replenish the pool that otherwise might not need it.

• INC added a requirement to the CO Code Assignment Guidelines (COCAG) and the Thousands-Block Pooling Administration Guidelines (TBPAG) that pooled codes shall be added to the NPAC within ten calendar days of assignment by NANPA. INC also clarified the existing requirement that pooled codes shall be added to BIRRDS within seven calendar days of issuance of the Part 3.


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Issue 748: Assess Impacts on Numbering Resources and Numbering Administration with Transition from Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Internet Protocol (IP)

• INC accepted Issue 748 to address and resolve industry-wide issues with planning, administration, allocation, assignment and use of numbering resources as the industry begins to develop a plan for transition of the PSTN to IP

• INC foresees significant changes in numbering processes and guidelines to align with the transition

• INC plans to be part of the transition planning discussions to ensure numbering impacts are addressed



Issues in Initial Pending

• Issue 692: Update the 5YY requirements for resources

• Issue 702: Update Service Description for Use of 5YY Resources

• Issue 715: Update TBPAG For Retrieving a Block Donated/Returned in Error

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Issues in Final Closure

Issue 711: Streamline Mass Modification Updates of BCR and ACD Records

Issue 728: Determine if the PA should deny returns on blocks that contain LRNs

Issue 738: COCAG and TBPAG text alignment with resolution report keeping in the p-ANI Guidelines

Issue 739: Add language to the guidelines regarding the Exchange of dialable p-ANIs for non-dialable p-ANIs

Issue 741: Edit definition of NANP to include Sint Maarten Issue 742: Update the paper version of the TBPAG Appendix 3:

Thousands-Block Pooling Months to Exhaust Certification Worksheet

Issue 743: Clarify Timeframes in COCAG and TBPAG for BIRRDS and NPAC Entries for Code Holders

Issue 745: Update INC Procedural Agreements Reached (PAR) Document to state elections will be held on last INC meeting of the year

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Relevant INC Web Pages

• INC Homepage (front page to all INC links): http://www.atis.org/inc/index.asp

• INC Upcoming Meetings (meeting logistics/agendas): http://www.atis.org/inc/calendar.asp

• INC Issues (historical and active): http://www.atis.org/inc/incissue.asp

• INC Meeting Records: http://www.atis.org/inc/mtgs_current.asp

• INC Published Documents: http://www.atis.org/inc/incguides.asp

• Anyone interested in information on INC or INC documents can contact Veronica Lancaster, INC Manager, ATIS via email at [email protected] or (202) 434-8826.

http://www.atis.org/inc/index.asp

http://www.atis.org/inc/calendar.asp

http://www.atis.org/inc/incissue.asp

http://www.atis.org/inc/mtgs_current.asp

http://www.atis.org/inc/incguides.asp

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