The FCC Wireline Bureau said Friday that the...
The FCC Wireline Bureau said Friday that the cost of funding the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, is expected to be $7.16 million, necessitating a contribution factor of 0.0000365. The size of…
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the fund was determined by Welch, the FCC’s NANP billing and collection agent. That estimate means a Canadian contribution of $102,967, a Caribbean contribution of $21,432 and a U.S. contribution of $6.72 million, the bureau said in a public notice Friday (http://bit.ly/1kTFfSk). If the FCC takes no action on the proposed fund size estimate and contribution factor within the 14-day period after release of the notice, “the fund size estimate and the contribution factor are considered approved by the Commission and become effective” FY 2014, the bureau said. Total expenditures were $6.4 million for FY 2013 and $6.2 million for FY 2012. The contribution factor is an assessment on carriers’ revenues for services to end-users.