Rosemary Emmer, Sprint Nextel North American Numbering Council (NANC) Billing & Collection Working Group (B&C WG) September 17, 2014 Co-Chairs: Tim Decker, Verizon Rosemary Emmer, Sprint Nextel

Mission Statement / Area of Responsibility The Billing and Collection Agent Oversight Working Group (B&C WG) was formed by and reports to the North American Numbering Council (NANC) and is responsible for overseeing the performance of the functional requirements provided by the North American Numbering Plan Billing and Collection Agent (B&C Agent). The B&C WG will investigate/review the performance of the B&C Agent and submit reports at each NANC meeting to fully inform NANC of the B&C Agent’s performance with respect to the functional requirements. The B&C WG will identify and determine the financial impact, feasibility and/or the appropriateness of initiatives/activities that may need to be included in the budget.

Current Activities/Discussion Topics Monthly Billing and Collections Oversight Monthly Evaluation of Deliverables B&C Agent Contract Funding Year

Contract Renewal The contract expired October 1, 2009. Welch LLP received an extension through 2014.

History of NANP Fund Size and Contribution Factor

Funding Year During the June, 2014 NANC meeting, the NANC agreed to move forward with changing the current budget to allow for the funding year to align with the federal fiscal year. We need direction as to when and how to proceed. Note: to begin the transition as agreed to, we need final approval in January 2015 as we prepare the budget in order to budget for 15 months instead of 12. Details: The month of September would be an ideal timeframe for our budget. Currently the funding year ends in June. We bill in June based on revenue figures received in May and we collect beginning in July. The Form 499A is due in April and USAC requires time to collate the data in April and May, which does not give us much time for planning our budget. We would need a year notice in order to set the contribution factor higher to carry us through transition of 3-4 months. We would then bill for a 15-16 month timeframe for that unique (one time) cycle.

Analysis of Carrier fees who are billed on an annual basis based on 2013 NANP billings   Annual Fee range # carriers % $25 3,781 64.92% Between $25 and $1,000 1,802 30.94% Between $1,000 and $5,000 156 2.68% Between $5,000 and $10,000 34 0.58% Between $10,000 and $25,000 25 0.43% Between $25,000 and $50,000 14 0.24% Between $50,000 and $100,000 7 0.12% > $100,000 5 0.09% 5,824 100.00%

B&C WG Membership AT&T Cox Sprint CenturyLink Verizon T-Mobile

Future Meetings/Contact Information Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Tuesday, October 28, 2014 Contact the Co-Chairs for complete meeting or conference call details Rosemary.Emmer@sprint.com or Timothy.Decker@verizon.com B&C WG meeting notes and documents are posted at: nanc-chair.org