FCC Issues Order Targeting Nationwide Number Portability, Proposes $7 Million NANPA Fund
The FCC took initial steps it believes will help pave the way for nationwide number portability, in an order released Friday and adopted 4-0 the previous day at commissioners' monthly meeting (see Notebook at end of 1807120033). The order eases…
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an "N-1" rule to give carriers in call flows flexibility to determine which one will query a number portability database, and extended relief from long-distance dialing-parity duties to all carriers (ILECs received such forbearance in 2015). The Wireline Bureau announced a proposed North American Numbering Plan Administration fund of $7.06 million for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. If the FCC takes no action, the proposed fund size and related industry contribution factor will take effect within 14 days, said a public notice Friday in docket 92-237.