NANPA Report to the NANC



NANPA Report to the NANC

March 29, 2012

John C. Manning

Director, NANPA

1) Central Office Code Activity Report

2) NPA (Area Code) Activity

3) Area Code Relief Planning

4) 2011 Year-End Resource Status Update

5) NANPA Change Orders

6) Other NANP and NANPA News

7) 2011 NANPA Highlights

2011 Central Office Code Activity

Central Office Code Assignments

For 2011, NANPA assigned 2,889 central office codes. A total of 616 codes were disconnected.

Below is a comparison of 2011 with 2005 through 2010:

| |2011 |2010 |

|New York |718/347/929 |81 |

|Maryland |410/443 |62 |

|Maryland |301/240 |60 |

|Texas |713/281/832 |40 |

|Texas |214/469/972 |38 |

|Washington DC |202 |35 |

|Colorado |303/720 |34 |

|Florida |786 |32 |

|Georgia |404 |32 |

|North Carolina |704/980 |32 |

The 718/347/929 NPA overlay complex has been the top NPAs five out of the last six years. Maryland’s NPA complexes had a very active year. The 410/443 last appeared on the list in 2009.

Below is a list of the top five states in the US in terms of net code assignments in 2011.

| |Net CO Code |

|State |Assignments |

|New York |190 |

|Texas |176 |

|Florida |127 |

|Illinois |123 |

|Maryland |122 |

Texas, New York and Florida were on the list in 2010. California (119 codes) moved off the list for the first time since 2008.

2011 NPA (Area Code) Activity

As of December 31, 2011, there were 681 assignable NPAs:

• 389 NPAs are assigned, of which 358 are in service.

o 345 geographic NPAs

o 13 non-geographic NPAs

o 31 NPAs awaiting implementation

• 292 NPAs are currently unassigned

Four (4) went into service in 2011:

• Ontario, Canada 249 for 705 – 3/19/11

• OK 539 for 918 – 4/1/11

• NY 929 for 347/718 – 4/16/11

• Sint Maarten 721 – 9/30/11

Three (3) NPAS were assigned in 2011:

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada 437 for 416/647 – 7/25/11

• British Columbia, Canada 236 for 250/604/778 – 7/28/11

• Saskatchewan, Canada 639 for 306 – 8/26/11

Five (5) NPAs moved from ‘assigned’ to ‘reserved’ status in 2011:

• CA 628 for 415 – 6/16/11 – NPA returned to “reserved” status

• CA 764 for 650 – 6/16/11 – NPA returned to “reserved” status

• CA 935 for 619 – 6/16/11 – NPA returned to “reserved” status

• CA 369 and 627 for 707 – 6/16/11 – NPA returned to “reserved” status

Twenty-two (22) additional NPAs were reserved in 2011 for 5YY services (effective July 29, 2011):

• Reserved 5YY NPAs: 521, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 532, 538, 542, 543, 545, 547, 549, 552, 553, 554, 556, 569, 578 and 589

• NPAs 566, 577, 588 and 522 were previously reserved for 5YY services

NPA Relief Planning

Status of NPA Codes Exhausting Within 36 Months (report attached)

There are two NPAs currently projected to exhaust within the next 12 months. A summary of their relief planning status is provided below:

• NC 919 NPA – The implementation of the 984 overlay of the 919 NPA is nearly complete. Mandatory 10-digit dialing starts on March 31, 2012. The effective date of the new 984 NPA is April 30, 2012. (See PL-422).

• CA 408 – On October 20, 2011, the California Public Utilities Commission approved an all-services overlay as the relief method for the 408 NPA. One plus ten-digit permissive dialing is scheduled to begin April 21, 2012 with mandatory 1+10-digit dialing starting October 20, 2012. The effective date of the new 669 NPA is November 20, 2012. (See PL-430).

Other NPA Relief Activities

• MD 410/443 NPA– The introduction of the new 667 NPA as the third NPA in the 410/443/667 overlay complex took place on March 24, 2012. (See PL-427).

• KY 270 NPA – On February 23, 2012, NANPA conducted an NPA relief planning meeting for the 270 NPA. The industry reached consensus to recommend an all-services overlay to the Kentucky Public Service Commission.

• NV 702 NPA – NANPA will conduct a relief planning meeting on April 26, 2012 for the 702 NPA. NPA 702 is currently projected to exhaust in 2Q15.

• NE 402 NPA - The Nebraska Public Service Commission approved an all-services overlay as the relief method for the 402 NPA. The new 531 NPA will serve the same geographic area currently served by the existing 402 NPA. Mandatory ten-digit dialing started February 26, 2011. An open-ended ten-digit permissive local dialing period for the adjacent NE 308 NPA started on June 26, 2010. (See PL-397). Per PSC direction, NANPA will not assign codes from the 531 NPA until the level of remaining 402 NPA codes reaches ten. (See PL-410).

Revised Area Code Exhaust Projections

On February 27, 2012, NANPA issued a revised exhaust projection for the Arkansas 870 NPA and the Pennsylvania 814 NPA. The 870 NPA exhaust projection was moved from 2Q15 to 4Q20 due to the return of a large number of central office codes. The Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC) ordered an overlay of the 870 NPA in December 2009. Permissive seven-digit or ten-digit dialing is scheduled to start on October 20, 2012 (PL-400). The industry will meet in April to review this latest information and develop a plan to present to the PSC.

The 814 NPA exhaust projection was revised from 1Q16 to 2Q18, reflecting the decrease in code demand. In December 2010, the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC) ordered an NPA split as the relief method for the 814 NPA. In January 2011, the PUC granted numerous petitions for reconsideration, pending review of the merits.

In January 2011, a relief petition was filed with the Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) recommending an all-services overlay for the 615 NPA. In October 2011, the 615 NPA exhaust projection was changed from 3Q15 to 3Q16. As a result, on February 29, 2012, the TRA issued a notice requesting comments as to whether the 615 NPA petition should be dismissed, seeing the published exhaust projection was 3Q16 (comments were due March 19, 2012). On March 9, 2012, NANPA revised the exhaust projection for the 615 NPA to 2Q15. NANPA submitted comments to the TRA that officially conveyed the new exhaust projection and proposed the 615 NPA relief petition not be dismissed.

2011 Year-End Resource Status Update

Feature Group (FG) B Carrier Identification Codes (CICs)

During 2011, four (4) FG B CICs were assigned by NANPA and one (1) FG B CIC was returned/ reclaimed. At the end of 2011, 275 FG B CICs were assigned in total. The potential exhaust of the FG B CIC resource is not a concern based on the current rate of assignment.

|Year |FG B CIC Assignments|FG B CICs Reclaimed/|Net Yearly |

| | |Returned |Assignments |

|2001 |3 |61 |-58 |

|2002 |8 |25 |-17 |

|2003 |3 |18 |-15 |

|2004 |3 |132 |-129 |

|2005 |2 |286 |-284 |

|2006 |0 |72 |-72 |

|2007 |0 |42 |-42 |

|2008 |2 |7 |-5 |

|2009 |0 |14 |-14 |

|2010 |4 |7 |-3 |

|2011 |4 |1 |3 |

Feature Group (FG) D Carrier Identification Codes (CICs)

In 2011, NANPA assigned 59 FG D CICs, yielding an average assignment rate of 4.9 codes per month. US/Canadian switchless resellers received 10 of these assignments. As of December 31, 2011, 7,739 FG D CICs remain available for assignment. A total of 36 FG D CICs were returned or reclaimed in 2011.

At the end of 2011, 2,038 FG D CICs were assigned in total, leaving 7,739 FG D CICs available for assignment. Based on the 2011 average monthly assignment rate, the projected exhaust for the FG D CIC resource is over 100 years. It should be noted that reclaimed/returned FG D CIC assignments are not factored into this projection and that this projection is based on current circumstances; i.e., the FCC limit of 2 FG D CICs per “entity.”

|Year |FG D CIC Assignments|FG D CICs Reclaimed/|Net Yearly |

| | |Returned |Assignments |

|2001 |236 |201 |35 |

|2002 |163 |102 |61 |

|2003 |191 |77 |114 |

|2004 |133 |319 |-186 |

|2005 |157 |244 |-87 |

|2006 |99 |128 |-29 |

|2007 |82 |155 |-73 |

|2008 |93 |97 |-4 |

|2009 |74 |80 |-6 |

|2010 |54 |61 |-7 |

|2011 |59 |36 |23 |

5YY NPA

During 2011, NANPA assigned 757 new 5YY-NXX codes (yielding an average assignment rate of 63 codes per month). At the end of 2011, a total of 2,312 5YY-NXX codes were assigned. Fifty (50) 5YY-NXX codes were returned/reclaimed in 2011 and 61 codes remained available for assignment. Based on NRUF forecast data and assignment information, NANPA projects the need for multiple 5YY NXXs over the next few years. Consequently, in July 2011, the industry reserved 22 additional 5YY NPA codes to go along with the four NPAs already set-aside for relief of the 5YY resource.

|Year |5YY NXX Assignments |5YY NXXs Reclaimed/ |Net Yearly |

| | |Returned |Assignments |

|2001 |127 |177 |-50 |

|2002 |65 |13 |52 |

|2003 |11 |15 |-4 |

|2004 |6 |9 |-3 |

|2005 |34 |7 |27 |

|2006 |62 |34 |28 |

|2007 |147 |5 |142 |

|2008 |152 |214 |-62 |

|2009 |260 |23 |237 |

|2010 |717 |0 |717 |

|2011 |757 |50 |707 |

900 NPA

In 2011, there were no new 900-NXX assignments and 23 codes were returned/reclaimed. At the end of 2011, there were 100 codes assigned, 39 codes reserved (for Canadian use) and 653 available NXXs.

|Year |900 NXX Assignments |900 NXXs Reclaimed/ |Net Yearly |

| | |Returned |Assignments |

|2001 |1 |84 |-83 |

|2002 |1 |23 |-22 |

|2003 |3 |7 |-4 |

|2004 |20 |27 |-7 |

|2005 |5 |12 |-7 |

|2006 |0 |11 |-11 |

|2007 |4 |1 |3 |

|2008 |4 |7 |-3 |

|2009 |0 |0 |0 |

|2010 |8 |0 |8 |

|2011 |0 |23 |-23 |

555 Line Numbers

The intended use for 555 line numbers, in the format 555-XXXX, where X is any digit from 0 through 9, includes the provisioning of information services, but may grow to include a broad range of existing and future services as well. In 2011, there were no new 555 line numbers assigned by NANPA. Forty-seven (47) 555 line number assignments were reclaimed.

At the end of 2011, a total of 7,553 national assignments and 386 non-national line number assignments (291 actual line numbers, assigned to one or more assignees in one or more NPAs) were in effect. In addition, 116 line numbers remain in “dispute” status and 100 line numbers are reserved for the entertainment/advertising industries. At year end, 1,940 555 line numbers were available for assignment.

|Year |555 Line Number |

| |Assignments |

|2001 |773 |

|2002 |153 |

|2003 |13 |

|2004 |0 |

|2005 |1 |

|2006 |2 |

|2007 |8 |

|2008 |132 |

|2009 |42 |

|2010 |27 |

|2011 |0 |

800-855 Line Numbers

800-855 numbers are used only for the purpose of accessing public services on the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) intended for the deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired. NANPA made seven (7) 800-855 number assignments in 2011.

NPA 456-NXX codes

The purpose of NPA 456 and its associated NXXs is to enable the routing of inbound international calls for carrier-specific services, particular to that service provider’s network, to and between countries served by the NANP. No 456-NXX assignments were made in 2011.

Vertical Service Codes

Vertical Service Codes (VSCs) are customer-dialed codes in the *XX or *2XX dialing format for touch-tone and the 11XX or 112XX dialing format for rotary phones. They are used to provide customer access to features and services (e.g., call forwarding, automatic callback, etc.) provided by network service providers such as local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers or commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers.

NANPA made no VSC assignments in 2011.

Automatic Number Identification “II” digits

Automatic Number Identification (ANI) Information Integers (“II”) digits are digit pairs sent with the originating telephone number. The digit pair identifies the type of originating station; e.g., plain old telephone service (POTS) or hotel/motel. No ANI II digit assignments were made in 2011.

NANPA Change Orders

NANPA Change Order 21 – Change Order 21 is in response to INC Issue 710: NANC Action Item “multi-OCN” Issue. This change order modifies NAS to include the Parent Company OCN on the Part 3 form as well as to include Parent Company OCN and Parent Company Name on various NAS-generated reports. This change order was approved by the FCC on December 14, 2011. Target implementation is 2H12.

NANPA Change Order 22 – Change Order 22 is in response to INC Issue 698 – Auto-Populate Total Numbering Resources on the TBPAG MTE Form. This change order modifies NAS to include a “Pooled Code Indicator” on various NAS-generated reports available on the NANPA website. This change order was approved by the FCC on December 14, 2011. Target implementation is 2H12.

Other NANP and NANPA News

• To assist in gathering input from states and service providers, a link to the 2011 NANPA Performance Survey, along with the associated cover letter, was posted to the NANPA website in January 2012. Notices were also distributed via NAS NANP Notification System (NNS) to remind recipients to complete and submit the survey.

• The 2011 NANPA Annual Report will be available on the NANPA website (under Publications, NANPA Annual Report) by the end of March.

• The 2011 NANPA Annual Operations Review will take place on April 3-4, 2012. NANPA will provide a review of 2011, to include a summary of activities and events as well as NANPA’s performance measurements. A copy of NANPA’s 2011 Highlights is attached to this report.

• The 1Q12 NANPA Newsletter will be published the first week of April 2012 and will be available on the NANPA website ().

• The April 2012 NPA and NANP exhaust projections will be available the end of April on the NANPA website (). The assumptions and methodology used in both the NPA and NANP exhaust analysis will remain the same as in previous studies.

2011 NANPA Highlights

(January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011)

Central Office (CO) Code Administration Highlights

| |2011 |2010 |2009 |2008 |2007 |

|FGB/FGD CICS |63 |328 |37 |17 |13 |

|5YY |757 |4,504 |50 |3 |3 |

|9YY |0 |0 |23 |0 |0 |

|555 |0 |93 |47 |0 |1 |

|800-855 Line Numbers |7 |0 |0 |0 |5 |

|Vertical Service Code |0 |N/A |0 |0 |0 |

|N11 |0 |N/A |0 |0 |0 |

|456 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |

5YY NPA exhaust

• NANPA initiated assignments from the 544 NPA in December 2010.

• Using the available supply of 5YY NXXs and the forecasted demand as provided via the 2011 Number Resource Utilization and Reporting (NRUF) submission cycle, NANPA provided updated exhaust projections for the 5YY resource to the industry.

o Published PL-424 (August) and PL-432 (December) concerning the implementation of the 5YY NPA 566.

9YY assignments

• No new assignments of 9YY-NXXs.

• Twenty-three (23) 9YY-NXXs returned/reclaimed.

800-855 Line Numbers

• Assigned seven (7) 800-855 line numbers in 2011. This was the second consecutive year that assignments were made from this resource (33 numbers were assigned in 2010).

Reclamation of Resources

• NANPA sent one letter to the INC identifying CICs subject to reclamation.

o Two (2) CIC assignments not meeting guideline requirements for retention were submitted to the INC for reclamation.

• Fifty (50) 5YY-NXXs were returned/reclaimed for not meeting guideline requirements for retention.

• For the 555 resources, NANPA reclaimed resources from assignees that no longer desired the resource or were no longer in business and had subsequently returned/reclaimed other NANP resources.

• Analyzed the 1,500 CIC reports filed with NANPA and 3,600 5YY and 9YY NRUF submissions as part of the ongoing effort to identify and recover unused/abandoned numbering resources per industry guidelines.

NRUF Highlights

For 2011, NANPA processed 15,604 Form 502 submissions

• Quantity of confirmations sent – 7,664 (compared to 8,122 in 2010)

• Quantity of error notifications sent – 1,946 (compared to 1,720 in 2010)

• Quantity of missing utilization notifications sent – 911 (compared to 307 in 2010)[2]

• Quantity of anomalous notifications sent – 695 (compared to 800 in 2010)

• Quantity of state reports – 69 (same as 2010)

• NRUF Job Aid updates – 4 (compared to 6 in 2010)

| |2011 |2010 |2009 |2008 |2007 |2006 |

|Email |7,276 |7,328 |8,371 |8,551 |8,306 |9,651 |

|FTP |2,443 |2,561 |2,141 |1,679 |1,666 |1,785 |

|Web |5,885 |7,901 |3,634 |4,161 |4,046 |5,038 |

|CD |0 |2 |2 |2 |4 |8 |

2011 NRUF reporting process:

• 100% of Form 502s processed and confirmation notifications sent, to include any errors identified, within 7 calendar days (measurement modified in January 2011).

• 100% of missing utilization notices sent within 45 days.

• 100% of anomalous notifications sent within 90 days.

• 100% of phone calls/emails responded to within one business day.

• 100% of Job Aid updates completed 60 days prior to submission deadline.

Augmenting the NRUF Verification Procedures (NANPA Change Order 18)

• Performed one-time update to the 12/31/10 1K block assignment data used for the NRUF Utilization Missing Report and the Donation Discrepancy Report.  Update contained corrections recorded by the Pooling Administrator from January 1 – March 31, 2011.

• Continued ongoing educational efforts to keep service providers informed regarding the NAS modifications resulting from the implementation of Change Order 18

o Included list of Frequently Asked Questions in 1Q11 NANPA newsletter concerning Change Order 18.

o Distributed NNS notices on the following Change Order 18 topics:

➢ Referencing an error in the Utilization Missing Report and encouraging service providers to review the report.

➢ Providing NRUF filing tips, to include a reminder to file on all assigned codes/blocks regardless of the effective date, for rural carriers to use the U1/U3 for pooling areas, and the availability of the Donation Discrepancy Report.

➢ Encouraging service providers to review the Utilization Missing Report and the Donation Discrepancy Report and take appropriate steps to immediately address any missing utilization or discrepancies.

• Use of the Utilization Missing Report and Donation Discrepancy Report implemented with Change Order 18 resulted in a 60% reduction in the quantity of individual thousands-block and pooled central office code assignment corrections by the Pooling Administrator.

| |NRUF Cycle |Blocks Made |Blocks Changed OCN |Codes No Longer |Total |

| | |Available[3] | |Pooled | |

| |February 1 |86 |253 |14 |353 |

| |August 1 |9 |67 |50* |126 |

|Total | |95 |320 |64 |479 |

* These 50 central office codes were for one service provider.

For the February 1, 2011 NRUF cycle, the first cycle when the new reports were in use, the assignment records associated with 353 thousands-blocks and pooled codes were revised.  For the August 1, 2011 NRUF cycle, the second cycle when the new reports were in use, the assignment records associated with 126 thousands-blocks and pooled codes were revised.

Ongoing education/enhancements

• Updated the Geographic and Non-Geographic Job Aid documents to change references in the documents from the NRUF On-Line Training Guide to the NRUF On-Line User Guide, and to note that cells in the “Year” column (Year 1, etc.) on forecasts should not be left blank for any completed row.  

• Answered over 2,000 inquiries from service providers seeking assistance in completing their NRUF.

• Provided a reminder notification to reporting service providers via NAS NNS of the August 1, 2011 and February 1, 2012 NRUF submission deadline.

• Conducted NAS NRUF refresher training for service providers on December 6, December 8 and December 14. Approximately 70 individuals participated, representing 60 companies. Overall satisfaction rating with the training was 4.82 out of 5.0.

• Conducted NAS NRUF refresher training for state regulators on December 7. Twenty individuals participated, representing 16 states.

NPA and NANP exhaust analysis provided in April and October 2011.

• Analysis conducted semi-annually per NANPA Requirements Document.

• Issued delta NRUF for Pennsylvania 814 NPA in February and California 408 NPA in September.

Other 2011 Highlights

• Continued use of the Monthly Operational Report (MOR). The MOR serves as a repository of various NANPA activities and events occurring throughout the year. An updated MOR, along with the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), was reviewed at each monthly NANPA/NOWG call.

o The practice of using an online meeting capability for NANPA/NOWG monthly calls continued in 2011. In addition, the online meeting capability was used with the April 2011 NANPA operational review session.

o The schedule of NANPA/NOWG monthly calls was modified to coordinate with monthly PA/NOWG calls.

• NANPA introduced five (5) new issues to INC:[4]

o Issue 707 - Need to remove all abandoned code records from NPAC prior to transfer.

o Issue 708 – Inclusion of a definition of Trunk Access in the Carrier Identification Code (CIC) Assignment Guidelines.

o Issue 712 - Update TBPAG Section 4.4 (l and m).

o Issue 726 - Clarification in Identifying Possible Relief Alternatives.

o Issue 727 - Effective Date Changes Not Allowed More Than 6 months After Application Date.

o NANPA submitted 16 contributions to INC.[5]

o NANPA provided an online meeting capability to a 5YY Contribution Development Team (CDT) that was making edits to the PCS 5YY Assignment Guidelines.

• Published 4Q10, 1Q11, 2Q11 and 3Q11 NANPA newsletters. Newsletters continued to include a NANPA employee profile in response to a 2010 PIP issue. In addition, the Newsletter was included with the NNS notice as well as posted to the NANPA website.

• Published the 2010 NANPA Annual Report in March 2011. The Annual Report was reviewed by the NOWG prior to publication.

• NANPA renewed the annual subscription with SurveyGizmo for hosting the NANPA and Pooling Administrator online annual performance survey.

NANP Administration System (NAS) Highlights

NAS Enhancements

• Implemented Change Order 20 (INC Issue 696 - Clarify the Definition of “In Service”) in February 2011.

• Increased the viewable/downloadable size of NRUF utilization data for state regulators from 10K lines to 60K lines. The 10K limit was initially established in Nov10 with the enhancement of 1K block data to the Utilization Missing Report to minimize potential impact on NAS performance.

• Modified the state Part 1/3 reports to provide additional information on the type of change associated with a change request (e.g., switch, OCN, effective date).

• Moved the “select all” button, where available, to the top of the dropdown list for NAS reports.

• Modified NAS so that new NAS passwords would no longer have a lower case “L” letter as part of the password.

• Updated all NAS User Guides (Registration, CO Code, Other Resources, NNS and NRUF On-Line).

• Updated NAS in September 2011 to handle the new PCS 566 NPA.

• Obtained FCC approval to secure various NAS hardware and software maintenance agreements set to expire in July and December 2011.

• Submitted Change Order 21 (INC Issue 710: NANC Action Item “multi-OCN” Issue) in August. This change order was subsequently withdrawn by NANPA in response to an NOWG request for an investigation into additional functionality that would minimize risks identified by NANPA in the change order. Once this investigation was completed, NANPA re-submitted a revised Change Order 21 that included additional functionality that minimized the possibility of an incorrect Parent Company OCN appearing on NAS-generated reports. This Change Order was approved by the FCC in December 2011.

• Submitted Change Order 22 (INC Issue 698: Auto-Populate Total Numbering Resources on TBPAG MTE Form) in August. This change order was approved by the FCC in December 2011.

• Obtained FCC approval to replace existing NAS firewall servers (both Sterling and Charlotte). The existing firewall servers were no longer supported by the vendor. The new firewall servers were acquired in August and deployed in September 2011.

• Achieved goal to minimize the number of NAS software builds. For 2011, there were only five NAS software builds in February, April, June, September and November 2011.

NAS Users

• As of December 31, 2011, there were 1,400 NAS registered users, along with 2,746 mailing list participants.

o Over 1,300 users as Service Providers and Service Provider consultants

o Nearly 60 Regulatory users (federal and state)

o Approximately 40 ‘Other’ users

• NANPA responded to over 2,500 emails sent to the NANPA Help Desk.

o Estimated 15-20 calls received at the NANPA Help Desk on a daily basis.

o Ten (10) trouble tickets opened in 2011. One trouble was a hold-over from 2010. All eleven trouble tickets were closed by the end of the year.

NAS Capabilities

NAS supports a variety of number administration functions. The capabilities include the following:

CO Code Administration

• Service providers submit the Central Office Code Part 1s, MTEs, and Part 4s through a secure, web-based system.

• Permits service providers to search, view and print all forms related to a Part 1 request, including the Part 1, MTE, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5.

• Queries allow the service provider to search for submitted Part 1s, assigned Part 3s and submitted Part 4s by state, NPA, OCN, date or date range. Also provides capability to allow service providers to search on all assignments needing Part 4s.

• State commissions have access to submitted Part 1 and Part 3 information for their respective states as well as ability to receive NAS-generated daily, weekly or monthly Part 1 and Part 3 reports.

• Permits the CO code application and Part 4 forms submitted by service providers in the Pooling Administration System (PAS) to be sent electronically to NAS and appear as a work item in the system for the Code Administrator.

Other Resources

• Service providers can submit the appropriate application forms for 5YY-NXXs, 9YY-NXXs, 456-NXXs, Carrier Identification Codes, 555 line numbers and 800-855 line numbers.

• Service providers can search, view and print all forms related to an application and response.

NRUF

• In addition to submitting utilization and forecast data via email, secure FTP and CD, NAS provides service providers the capability to submit this information online, and provide updates to this data throughout the submission cycle

o Create and submit a Geographic Form 502 and Non-Geographic Form 502 for the current reporting cycle.

o Modify a Geographic Form 502 and Non-Geographic Form 502 by adding new utilization and/or forecast data for the current reporting cycle.

o Modify a Geographic Form 502 and Non-Geographic Form 502 by modifying or deleting utilization and/or forecast data submitted for the current reporting cycle.

• Service providers can search for the most recent company information, utilization data, and/or forecast data submitted for the current reporting cycle for either Geographic Form 502 or Non-Geographic Form 502.

• State commissions and the FCC have online access to service provider-submitted utilization and forecast data provided via NRUF for their respective area codes.

• Various queries and reports are available to users based upon the user’s profile.

NNS

• Interested parties receive notifications on such items as changes to assignment guidelines, NRUF requirements, report availability, client education and system maintenance and availability.

• Notifications are available on a state-by-state basis, providing information about NPA relief planning activities, jeopardy notifications and state-specific regulatory activities.

• Access to NPA relief planning documents is limited only to those authorized to participate in the relief planning process and includes a link within the notice for users to select and obtain access to secure NAS and the documentation referenced in the notice.

• All NNS notices are stored in the system, allowing NAS registered users to access previous notices as far back as 1999.

NAS Registration Management

• Users can modify their NAS profile by updating contact information, adding new capabilities (e.g., adding NRUF to their profile), adding and deleting OCNs, modifying the notices they wish to receive, etc.

• Parties interested in only receiving notices can sign-up to the NAS mailing list service.

• NAS users may automatically reset their password when their password is set to expire. Notification is sent 10 business days prior to the expiration date. Any user that obtains their password via the NANPA Customer Support Desk is required to reset their password to ensure that only the user has the password.

• NANPA staff can review a NAS user’s registration account history in order to assist with any issues concerning the user’s access to the system.

NAS Notifications

A total of 145 notifications were distributed via NAS in 2011[6]. All notifications are retained in NAS.

|Notification |Number of Notifications |

|Category | |

|NPA Relief Planning |76 |

|Non-Geographic |26 |

|Planning Letters |15 |

|NRUF |7 |

|Jeopardy |6 |

|INC Guidelines |6 |

|Code Administration |5 |

|Newsletters |4 |

|Other Geographic |0 |

|Total |145 |

NAS Performance

For 2011, NAS met the FCC requirement of 99.9% availability.

• NAS failover exercises (failing over from Sterling, VA to Charlotte, NC) were conducted in October and November.

NANPA Website

• The NANPA website remains the primary source for NANP information:

o Review of NANPA services (NPA relief planning, code administration, NRUF and NANPA enterprise services).

o Description of resources administered by NANPA (e.g., NPAs, CO codes, CICs, etc.)

o Area code maps and search capabilities.

o Access to various reports and databases (e.g., real-time and daily reports, NPA database)

o Contact information and a NANPA feedback mechanism.

o Publications such as Planning Letters, Jeopardy Procedures, NANPA Quarterly Newsletters and NANPA reports (e.g., NANC reports, Annual Reports).

o Other tools to assist regulators, service providers and the general public (e.g., industry links, NANP member regulatory contacts, NAS User Guides, rate center list).

o “What’s New” and “Fast Track” sections.

• Introduced a new report called “Central Office Codes Requiring Special Handling” to the CO Code Reports. This report provides a list of NPA-NXX codes that require special handling due to unique circumstances (e.g., grandfathered codes, codes impacted by a state regulatory directive, defined assignment practices).

• Provided a link to a new document entitled “Getting Started with CIC Assignments” on the NANPA home page under “NANPA Fast Track.” This document provides a summary of the CIC resource assignment process.

• Revised the “Reports” page to permit a single-page access to various reports and other documentation available on the NANPA website. This includes a new report page entitled Area Code Relief Planning Reports, which contains reports and information involving NPA relief planning activities.

o The NRUF Reports page was revised to include links to the NRUF Form 502, Form 502 instructions, NRUF Job Aids and other NRUF documents available on the website.

o The Central Office Code reports page was updated with links to reclamation procedures and contact list as well as to jeopardy procedures and CO code administrator contacts.

• Updated the US Dialing Plans document to include changes associated with NE 402/531, OK 918/539 and NY 718/347/929 NPAs relief activity in 2011.

• Added a new page under “Area Code Maps” to include information and an NPA map for NANP-member countries, including Bermuda, Caribbean nations and US territories that participate in the NANP. This information includes the Country/Territory name, associated NPA(s), location information and major cities.

o Updated individual area code maps in March (Oklahoma) and April (New York).

• Updated the NANP country contacts.

• Updated the Binder of Decision Principles in July.

• Included appropriate references on the website to reflect Sint Maarten joining the NANP in September.

• Made the “Non-Geographic NPAs” and “Planned NPAs not yet in service” downloadable reports from the NANPA website.

• Distributed numerous notices via the NAS NANP Notification System (NNS) in an effort to assist the Pooling Administrator in educating the industry on p-ANI administration activities.

• Nine (9) complaints submitted in 2011 via the NANPA complaint process. None of the complaints were concerning NANPA performance:

o Five complaints dealt with harassing calls.

o Two complaints requested assistance in working with a specific service provider.

o One complaint was a request for information about the assignment of an NPA code (NPA 918).

o One complaint concerned the changing of a customer’s telephone number.

• Responded to 479 emails submitted via the “NANPA Feedback” capability on the NANPA website (compares with 493 feedback emails in 2010).

Status of NPAs exhausting within 36 months

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Industry PSC Relief Relief Impl. Req. PSC Apprvd.

Loca Exhaust Filing Plan Type Date Apprvl. Apprvl. Type of Relief Relief Impl. Mtg.

-tion NPA Date Notice Due Filed Proposed Prop. Date Recd. Approved Date

Issued

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MD 410/443/667 2Q12 02/17/00 05/12/00 05/12/00 Overlay None 01/03/01 Overlay 3/24/12 09/21/11

NANPA declared jeopardy for the 410/443 NPA on 9/8/11, conducted the implementation meeting on 9/21/11 and published PL-427 on 10/10/11 for

the implementation of the 667 NPA overlay. Network preparation and customer education started 10/12/11. New 667 NPA was effective 3/24/12.

CA 408/669 3Q12 11/08/10 05/20/11 Overlay 10/20/11 Overlay 10/25/11

On October 20, 2011 the CPUC approved an all services overlay; permissive 7D or 1+10-d dialing starts April 21, 2012; Mandatory 1+10-d dialing

starts October 20, 2012 and the 669 NPA is effective November 20, 2012. See PL-430.

PA 570 3Q13 03/30/09 07/08/09 07/02/09 Overlay 07/15/10 Overlay TBD 08/05/10

On 7/15/10, the PA PUC ordered an overlay of the 570 NPA and NANPA assigned the 272 NPA. When the PUC determines the NPA is within three

months of exhaust, it will notify the industry to begin customer education and permissive 7-digit and 10-digit dialing. See PL-409.

TX 512/737 2Q14 12/15/99 03/01/00 04/19/00 Overlay 05/15/00

On 3/29/00, the TX PUC ordered a concentrated overlay, see PL-233. On 4/25/01 the TX PUC suspended the implementation of the new 737 NPA

until it determines relief is necessary, see PL-276. On January 26, 2010 NANPA filed an updated relief plan with the industry’s overlay

recommendation. NANPA is awaiting the PUC’s decision.

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Projected exhaust dates are based on October 2011 NRUF analysis with updates.

"R" indicates that the projected exhaust date is based on rationing.

Applicable notes follow each entry.

----------------------------- Relief Planning Process ------------------------------- ------------------ Implementation Process -----------------

Industry PSC Relief Relief Impl. Req. PSC Apprvd.

Loca Exhaust Filing Plan Type Date Apprvl. Apprvl. Type of Relief Relief Impl. Mtg.

-tion NPA Date Notice Due Filed Proposed Prop. Date Recd. Approved Date

Issued

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CT 860/959 4Q14 NA NA 09/29/99 Overlay TBD 11/19/99

The DPUC relief order provided no specific implementation parameters. Therefore, the date for the introduction of the new area code has not yet

been determined. Mandatory 10-digit dialing was implemented 11/14/09. See PL-388.

FL 407/321 1Q15

No Relief Project Required.

IL 708/464 1Q15 09/10/98 11/18/98 02/01/99 07/01/99 Overlay 09/21/99

As the supply of available NXXs in the 708 NPA approaches exhaust, NANPA will advise the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) 30 days in advance

that the first prefix will be assigned from the new overlay 464 NPA. See PL-195.

KY 270 1Q15 12/12/11

NANPA conducted the NPA Relief Planning meeting on 2/23/12.

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Projected exhaust dates are based on October 2011 NRUF analysis with updates.

"R" indicates that the projected exhaust date is based on rationing.

Applicable notes follow each entry.

----------------------------- Relief Planning Process ------------------------------- ------------------ Implementation Process -----------------

Industry PSC Relief Relief Impl. Req. PSC Apprvd.

Loca Exhaust Filing Plan Type Date Apprvl. Apprvl. Type of Relief Relief Impl. Mtg.

-tion NPA Date Notice Due Filed Proposed Prop. Date Recd. Approved Date

Issued

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NJ 609 1Q15 05/18/00 08/10/00 08/10/00 Overlay None

The NPA relief plan was withdrawn on 10/16/03. Industry is to reconvene twelve months before the forecasted exhaust of 609 or 856 NPAs to address

elimination of protected codes for 7-digit dialing across the 609/856 NPA boundary.

TX 713/281/832 1Q15 12/15/99 03/07/00

On March 7, 2000, NANPA filed with the TX PUC a relief plan with the industry’s overlay recommendation. NANPA is awaiting the PUC’s decision.

IN 812 2Q15 01/24/06

NANPA conducted a pending petition review call on 10/27/11. Industry set trigger to re-convene approximately 30 days after publication of the April

2012 NRUF to determine when the petition should be filed with the IURC.

NV 702 2Q15 03/01/12

NANPA will conduct the NPA Relief Planning meeting on 4/26/12.

NY 315 2Q15 09/23/99 12/23/99 09/30/00

The industry recommended a 19-month implementation interval. NY PSC ALJ issued recommended decision 11/26/08. Briefs on exceptions were due

12/16/08. Briefs opposing exceptions were due 12/31/08. NANPA is awaiting the PSC’s decision.

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Projected exhaust dates are based on October 2011 NRUF analysis with updates.

"R" indicates that the projected exhaust date is based on rationing.

Applicable notes follow each entry.

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[1] Code exchanges initiated by the service provider are not included in this count.

[2] Starting with the February 1, 2011 NRUF reporting cycle, missing utilization and anomalous notifications included thousands-blocks and central office codes (per NANPA Change Order 18, implemented in November 2010). During 2010, only missing utilization and anomalous notices for central office codes were distributed.

[3] These categories can be defined as:

Blocks Made Available – Thousands-blocks that were previously assigned to or retained by a service provider and were made available in the Pooling Administration System by the Pooling Administrator.

Blocks Changed OCN – Thousands-blocks where the OCN assignment was changed by the Pooling Administrator from one OCN to another OCN.

Codes No Longer Pooled – Central office codes were changed by the Pooling Administrator from pooled to non-pooled in the Pooling Administration System which resulted in the associated thousands-blocks for the specific codes being removed from the Block Report on the Pooling Administrator’s website.

[4] Includes issues whereby NANPA and another entity were the originator of the issue statement.

[5] Includes contributions whereby NANPA submitted a contribution as well as coordinated with another entity(s) on the contribution.

[6] For 2010, 137 notices were distributed.

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