*Pages 1--17 from Microsoft Word - 50949.doc* 1 North American Numbering Council Meeting Minutes May 17, 2005 (Final) I. Time and Place of Meeting. The North American Numbering Council (NANC) held a meeting commencing at 9: 30 a. m., at the Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S. W., TW- C305, Washington, D. C. II. List of Attendees. Voting Council Members: 1. Hoke Knox Vice Chairman 2. Mark Lancaster AT& T 3. Debra Jordan BellSouth 4. Stephen Trotman CompTel/ ALTS 5. Beth O’Donnell Cox Communications, Inc. 6. Karen Mulberry MCI 7. Hon. Jack Goldberg NARUC – Connecticut 8. Mike Balch NARUC – Iowa 9. Dan Kearney NARUC - Michigan 10. Hon. Robert M. Clayton, III NARUC – Missouri 11. Don Gray NARUC – Nebraska 12. Christine Sealock Kelly NARUC – New York 13. Joel Cheskis NASUCA – Pennsylvania 14. Jerome Candelaria NCTA 15. Rosemary Emmer Nextel 16. Ray Strassburger Nortel Networks 17. John McHugh OPASTCO 18. C. Courtney Jackson OUR 19. Mary Retka Qwest 20. John Jefferson SBC Communications, Inc. 21. Anna Miller T- Mobile USA, Inc. 22. Thomas Soroka, Jr. USTA 23. Douglas P. Sullivan Verizon 24. Louis Mamakos Vonage Holdings Corp. (Vonage) Special Members (Non- voting): John Manning NANPA Jean- Paul Emard ATIS Amy Putnam PA Faith Marcotte Welch & Company 1 2 Commission Employees: Sanford Williams, Designated Federal Officer (DFO) Pam Slipakoff, Alternate DFO Deborah Blue, Assistant to the DFO Narda Jones, Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division (TAPD) Cheryl Callahan, Assistant Chief, TAPD Regina Brown, TAPD Marilyn Jones, TAPD III. Estimate of Public Attendance. Approximately 27 members of the public attended the meeting as observers. IV. Documents Introduced. (1) Agenda (2) North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) Report to the NANC (3) National Thousands Block Number Pooling Services Report (4) North American Portability Management (NAPM) LLC Report to the NANC (5) Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report to the NANC (6) Billing and Collection Agent Report to the NANC (7) Billing and Collection Working Group (B& C WG) Report to the NANC (8) Issues Management Group (IMG) Report and Recommendations on SMS/ 800 Number Administration Committee (SNAC) Guidelines (9) Local Number Portability Administration (LNPA) Working Group Status Report to the NANC (10) Numbering Oversight Working Group (NOWG) Report (11) Future of Numbering Working Group (FoN WG) Report to the NANC (12) List of NANC Accomplishments (January 2002 – May 17, 2005) (13) Report and Recommendation on NANC Change Orders 399 and 400 V. Summary of the Meeting. Announcements and Recent News. Sanford Williams, DFO, announced the appointments of Regina Brown as the new DFO and Marilyn Jones as the Alternate DFO. These appointments will be effective at the end of May 2005. A. Approval of Meeting Minutes. The March 15, 2005 NANC Meeting Minutes will be approved electronically. B. North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) Report to the NANC. John Manning, NANPA, provided the report to the NANC. Central Office Code (CO) Activity Report. Mr. Manning reported that in April 2005, 287 CO Codes were assigned and 127 CO Codes were returned. Mr. Manning reviewed a chart reflecting a comparison between code assignments, code application denials, and 2 4 The NPA exhaust projections report provides the projected NPA exhaust forecast dates from 2002, 2003, April 2004 (2004.1), October 2004 (2004.2) and April 2005 (2005.1). The NANPA will retain the four previous NPA exhaust forecast dates when publishing the current exhaust projections. The report also reflected the change from the previous exhaust date to the new exhaust date. Explanations were provided for those NPA’s projected to exhaust in the next several years when the forecast changed by more than 2 quarters. The methodology used in the development of these forecasts incorporated certain data elements that the NANPA has used for previous exhaust projections. Per the NANP technical requirements, the NANPA will publish new NPA exhaust projections in October 2005. If it is necessary to revise an NPA exhaust forecast prior to October 2005, the NANPA will publish a “delta” Numbering Resource Utilization/ Forecast (NRUF), similar to what the NANPA has done in previous years. Mr. Manning stated that three new NPA exhaust projects will be starting near the end of 2005 in Michigan, Missouri, and New Mexico. Mr. Manning stated that the NANPA projects the exhaust of the NANP based upon the utilization and forecast data submitted by carriers via the NRUF process. He reviewed the assumptions that were used in the April 2005 NANP Exhaust Analysis with the NANC. Mr. Manning stated that using an average CO Code demand rate of 6,500 codes assigned per year, and assuming the quantity of NPAs available is 685, the projected NANP exhaust date is beyond 2035. A sensitivity analysis was performed, with an increase in the average annual CO code demand. The sensitivity analysis used 9,100 CO codes annually, which represented the gross demand as calculated from the April 2005 NPA Exhaust Analysis. This resulted in a projected exhaust of 2030. Courtney Jackson, OUR, expressed concerned about the basis for the exhaust. He stated that there are certain activities and trends in the marketplace that need to be considered as having potential for a significant impact. Mr. Manning stated that the assumption is that the carriers that are involved with numbering resources are including that information in their projections, thus, these activities and trends are included in the study. Numbering Resource Utilization/ Forecast (NRUF) Update. Mr. Manning reported that the NANPA is presently conducting a NANP Administration System (NAS) NRUF User Survey. This survey seeks opinions, recommendations and concerns regarding the submission of utilization and forecast data via the NRUF reporting process. Mr. Manning advised that the NANPA will hold individual responses to the survey in confidence and will not share them with anyone outside of the NANPA/ NeuStar. 4 7 Rosemary Emmer, Nextel, read the following analysis and comments that the NOWG made with respect to Change Order No. 40: “The PA Technical Requirements dated November 30, 2000, Section 2.3 Staffing reads: ‘Pooling administration staffing shall be at appropriate levels to ensure that the contractor can efficiently perform the functions as identified. ’ The NOWG believes that the staffing requirements should be met within the parameters of the current technical requirements under which the current contract was awarded. After reviewing this change order, the NOWG recommends that this change order should not be approved.” Ms. Putnam stated that the PA felt that it needed more staffing to meet the existing application load. D. North American Portability Management LLC (NAPM LLC) Report. Karen Mulberry, Co- Chair, presented the report to the NANC. Ms. Mulberry stated that at the March 15, 2005 NANC meeting the NAPM LLC was asked about its process to consider unsolicited vendor proposals. She indicated that the NAPM LLC undertook that action to define a process. Ms. Mulberry advised that the point of contact will be the Co- Chairs. She stated that any vendor presentations to the NAPM LLC will be done in the open portion of the NAPM LLC meetings. Ms. Mulberry stated that the NAPM LLC created a subcommittee called the Vendor Proposal Advisory Committee (VPAC). The VPAC will review the proposals and provide recommendations for the members to consider. All communications to inquiring applicant( s) subsequent to initial presentations will be from the NAPM LLC Co- Chairs. Ms. Mulberry advised that the NAPM LLC is developing its own website (www. napmllc. com). Information and details will be posted on the website regarding the NAPM LLC so that it is publicly accessible. There will also be a member’s only portion with password protection for confidential and proprietary information. Ms. Mulberry advised that the NAPM LLC approved NeuStar performing extended “Maintenance” for the NPAC application architecture upgrade. Mike Slomin – Telcordia Technologies, expressed concern that the NAPM LLC process has been excessively closed to the public, contrary to the expectations of the NANC in 1997 and very much contrary to the expectations of the FCC, by Order in 1997. Mr. Slomin remarked that it has been excessively closed in the past, and that Telcordia does not want to see it excessively closed going forward. Mr. Slomin stated that this is a process that enables the NAPM LLC Co- Chairs to filter all communications by vendors with the NAPM LLC. He further stated that Telcordia is troubled by the closed nature of that process. Mr. Slomin indicated that Telcordia would be far less troubled if there was a process for soliciting proposals by vendors rather than vendors coming in with unsolicited proposals, filtered by the NAPM LLC. He advised 7 8 that it would be far more acceptable to Telcordia and other vendors if there was some commitment to soliciting proposals. Ms. Emmer remarked that as a member of the NAPM LLC, she finds it inappropriate for Telcordia to come to the NANC and suggest that the NAPM LLC Co- Chairs are not filtering all of the information down to herself and other members of the NAPM LLC. She stated that she believes they are getting everything that the NAPM LLC Co- Chairs are getting. Ms. Mulberry responded that in terms of excessively closed meetings, when the NAPM LLC is meeting on issues that are financially related to the NAPM LLC, or meeting on items related to the NAPM LLC’s contractual relationship with its vendor, which are marked proprietary and confidential, the meetings are closed. She stated that anything that can be generally discussed in the public without those conditions is done in a public setting. Ms. Mulberry welcomed Telcordia to address any particular problems that it has with the NAPM LLC in the open portion of its meeting. Ms. Mulberry advised that the NAPM LLC Co- Chairs do not filter information. She further advised that the NAPM LLC members feel that the Co- Chairs should be the point of contact for the NAPM. Ms. Mulberry responded that there is currently no interest in the NAPM LLC to go through a process to develop an RFP to solicit proposals. Mr. Slomin questioned whether the NAPM LLC is interested in competitive bidding. Ms. Mulberry responded not at this time. She stated that it has a vendor under contract. Ms. Mulberry stated that the NAPM LLC will consider unsolicited proposals. She indicated that the NAPM LLC has two proposals that it is reviewing at this time. Mr. Slomin stated that Ms. Mulberry’s statement that the NAPM LLC is not interested in soliciting competitive bids is why Telcordia and other vendors should be concerned. He further stated that the NANC should consider bids, because it is losing the benefits of competition. Ms. Mulberry responded that the NAPM LLC has a vendor contract, and there is no reason at this time to void that contract. She further stated that if there are conditions that would warrant voiding the contract, then the NAPM LLC would solicit proposals. Mr. Gray asked Ms. Mulberry to confirm that when a new contract period is about to begin, the NAPM LLC will put forth an RFP and go through a competitive process and that at the current time, there are no items on the agenda that require the NAPM LLC to evaluate potential vendors. Ms. Mulberry agreed. Mr. Williams stated that if the NANC feels that something needs to be addressed in this process, the NANC is free to make recommendations to the FCC about the NAPM LLC and the way that it conducts business. He further stated that if a party that is not a part of the NAPM LLC has a question, it should address its concerns to the NANC or to the FCC, and the NANC or the FCC will act accordingly. E. Industry Numbering Committee (INC) Report. Ken Havens provided the report to the NANC. Mr. Havens reviewed the INC Meeting Schedule with the NANC. 8