US ENUM Trial Terms and Conditions The structure and foundation for US CC1 ENUM trial deployment'

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US ENUM TrialTerms and ConditionsThe structure
and foundation forUS CC1 ENUM trial deployment.

• Karen Mulberry
• February 21, 2006

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USG Principles to guide domestic implementation
of ENUMNancy Victory NTIA Letter 02-12-2003
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CC1 US ENUM Trial

• CC1 trial is designed to test ENUM services, to
  trial the registration process,
  authentication/verification requirements and to
  get hands-on experience (e.g. limited
  call/service setup and completion, and
  ENUM-enabled application service)
• CC1 trial delegation has been granted by the ITU
• CC1 trial delegation is for 365 days (Clock
  started Feb. 15th)
• US trial to be conducted during this one year
  delegation period anticipate the trial will
  last six months
• 1.e164.arpa is now resolving to the CC1 Tier 1A
  (CIRA) name servers

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US ENUM Trial Terms and ConditionsUS Department
of State September 2005
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US ENUM Trial Terms and Conditions US Department
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What does this mean for US Trial Participants?

• The CC1 ENUM LLC will
• be accountable for the CC1 delegation per the ITU
• obtain the telephone numbers to be used in the US
  trial from the FCC through a wavier request
  similar to the SBCIS VoIP wavier
• oversee trial execution
• publish monthly trial status reports and the
  final trial requests
• audit Tier 1A and Tier 1B records to ensure
  compliance with trial requirements.
• monitor US trial activities in order to provide
  intervention and guidance should the need arise
  to keep the trial in compliance

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LLC Trial Telephone Number AdministrationTerms
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• The LLC will request that the FCC direct the
  Pooling Administrator (PA) to assign at the
  direction of the LLC some maximum number of new
  thousands blocks (NPA-NXX-Xs) from codes already
  opened in the PSTN for use in the trial.
• The request will stipulate that blocks will only
  be requested as needed to accommodate new ENUM
  trial participating carriers and/or rate centers.
• The LLC will then make a request to the PA to
  assign blocks within the allocation to specific
  service providers for trial use.
• The selected service providers will then request
  the corresponding blocks from the PA using
  current methods and procedures except that
  assignment will be exempted from the normal
  utilization threshold since they are for trial
  use.
• Service providers will provision the blocks in
  their networks but restrict number assignments
  from the blocks to bona fide trial participants
  that the LLC has verified have signed the trial
  MOU agreeing to the USGs terms and conditions.
  These selected Service providers will report all
  trial assignments to the LLC.
• The trial MOU will stipulate that trial
  participants will not assign trial numbers to non
  trial participants such as their customers,
  tenants, or students.
• To optimize use of numbering resources, the LLC
  working through participating carriers, may in
  some instances assign individual numbers from
  trial blocks associated with a rate centers other
  than that in which the participant is located.
  The PSTN point of interface for the block will
  always be appropriate to the rate center with the
  block is associated.
• As additional participants/locations join the
  trial, the LLC will request new block assignments
  from the PA not to exceed the total allocation
  ordered by the FCC.
• Registrars and the Tier 1B Registry will likewise
  be bound to accept registrations only for numbers
  in the thousands blocks allocated for the trial
  by the FCC to the LLC.
• On a monthly basis the LLC will report to the FCC
  the current set of block allocations and number
  assignments in use in the trial.

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