North American Numbering Council. Charter. Peter Guggina

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North American Numbering CouncilCharter

• Peter Guggina
• May 22, 2001

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North American Numbering Council NANC

• FCC established NANC in FCC 95-283
• NANC Chartered 1995
• First meeting October 1996
• Charter renewed for two years in 1997
• Charter renewed for another two years in 1999
• Current Charter expires October 2, 2001

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FCC 95-283NANC Role and Direction

• Established as an advisory committee (para 42)
• To advise the Commission, direct the NANP
  Administrator, apply Commission policy to resolve
  issues arising in the administration of the NANP,
  and conduct initial dispute resolution of all
  issues. (para 117)
• Details and additional activities of the NANP
  Administrator will be determined by the NANC, so
  long as these additional activities do not
  involve policy making or dispute resolution.
  (para 117)

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FCC 95-283NANC Role and Direction cont

• To develop recommendations on (para 46 and 118)
• The transition plan for transferring CO code
  administration responsibilities from LECs to the
  new NANP Administrator
• Measures to be taken to conserve numbering
  resources
• Identify number resources, that should be
  administered by the NANP Administrator and
• Whether the NANC, after two years, should
  continue as a federal advisory committee.

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FCC Rules Summary 1995

• 52.11 North American Numbering Council.
• Advise FCC on NANP administration policy matters
• Make recommendations to the Commission
• Resolve disputes brought before the council
• Recommend new NANPA and cost recovery method
• Monitor NANPA/BC Agent annual performance
• Take corrective action on unsatisfactory
  NANPA/BC Agent performance as directed by the
  Commission
• 52.26 NANC Recommendation on LNP
• Provide ongoing oversight of number portability
  administration, including oversight of the
  regional LLCs subject to Commission review

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1997 NANC Charter RenewalObjectives / Scope /
Responsibilities

• Advise the Commission and make recommendations
  that foster efficient and impartial number
  administration (DA 97-2074 para B)
• Provide oversight guidance to the NANPA and LNP
  Administrators to ensure fair and equitable
  access to resources (DA 97-2074 para B)
• Facilitate number conservation including
  identification of technical solutions to
  numbering exhaust (DA 97-2074 para B and F)
• Provide recommendations on the management of toll
  free administration (DA 97-2074 para F)

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1999 NANC Charter RenewalObjectives and Scope

• NANC shall assure that NANP administration
  supports the following policy objectives
• Make numbering resources available on an
  efficient, timely basis to communications service
  providers (DA 99-1864 para B)
• Does not unduly favor or disfavor any particular
  industry segment, group of consumers, or one
  technology over another (DA 99-1864 para B)
• Provide easy consumer access to the PSTN (DA
  99-1864 para B)
• Address all NANP member country interests fairly
  and efficiently (DA 99-1864 para B)
• Provide further recommendations on toll free
  database administration (DA 99-1864 para B)

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1999 NANC Charter Renewal Responsibilities

• The general duties of the Council are to gather
  and discuss information necessary to develop
  recommendations to the Commission related to the
  attainment of stated objectives. (DA 99-1864 para
  F) 
• Under the direction of the Commission, the
  Council will provide oversight of all matters
  relating to numbering administration, including
  the development of industry guidelines. (DA
  99-1864 para F)  
• Specific duties will include developing and
  recommending a process for the selection of a
  thousands block pooling administrator, and an
  effective audit process for service providers and
  the NANP administrator. (DA 99-1864 para F) 
• The Council will also prepare for the Commission
  periodic and final reports to aid the Commission
  in its oversight responsibilities. (DA 99-1864
  para F) 

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Discussion

• The FCC has charged NANC with the mandatory duty
  to oversee the formulation of, as well as changes
  to, industry guidelines associated with numbering
  administration. (DA 99-1864 para F) 
• Any entity that is engaged in numbering
  administration guidelines work must report the
  status of its guidelines activity periodically to
  NANC so NANC can report on such activities to the
  Commission to meet its reporting obligations. (DA
  99-1864 para F) 
• INC is engaged in number administration guideline
  activities and provides periodic reporting of its
  activities to NANC.
• A general interpretation of the Rules indicate
  INC must obtain NANC guidance and approval for
  its NANP guidelines work.
• Difficult to separate policy and non-policy
  aspects of guidelines.
• Guideline changes have potential to change policy
  intent and can effect the implementation of
  Commission policy directives.