INC Report to the NANC June 20, 2000 Norman Epstein INC Moderator

Report Overview Meetings Since May 23 NANC Upcoming INC Meetings Status of INC Guidelines Relative to the NRO Order NPA Workshop

INC Meetings Since May 23 NANC May 30-31: Interim CO/NXX Workshop June 1-2: Interim LNPA Workshop June 12-16: INC 50 June 19: Full INC Conference Call

Upcoming INC Meetings July 24-28: INC 51 August 15-17: Interim LNPA Workshop September 11-15: INC 52

Open question is INC clarification questions to the FCC Status of INC Guidelines Relative to the NRO Order: Thousands-Block Number (NXX-X) Pooling Update Issue 243 was closed to incorporate the NRO Order into the Thousands-Block Number (NXX-X) Pooling Administration Guidelines which is available to the Pooling IMG Open question is INC clarification questions to the FCC INC will amend its guidelines, upon clarification from the FCC as appropriate INC will continue work on UNP and other Pooling Issues

Status of INC Guidelines Relative to the NRO Order: Central Office Code (NXX) Workshop Updates INC Central Office Code (NXX) Assignment Guidelines were updated to comply with the FCC NRO Order. Updated guidelines (effective the date of the Order) are available at the ATIS/INC Website. INC Issued the North American Numbering Utilization/Forecast Report (NRUF) Guidelines to comply with the FCC Order for the new Forecast and Utilization Forms (FCC 502). These new guidelines are now available at the ATIS INC website. Open question is INC clarification questions to FCC INC will amend its guidelines, upon clarification from the FCC as appropriate

Status of INC Guidelines Relative to the NRO Order: INC NRUF Reporting Issue INC is considering whether or not there is value in having the PA submit rate area NRUF forecasts to the NANPA. There are both cost and procedural implications. INC is giving this issue high priority and will continue to address it at INC 51 in July 2000.

NPA Workshop, Issue 216: (Designation of 37X or 96X to a Non-Geographic, Technology Specific Application (E-Fax)) INC Issue Resolution statement for 216: The INC recommends that these types of services not be assigned non-geographic resources. These services, such as efax, complete calls on a geographic basis and are rated and charged accordingly. INC has initially determined the use of non-geographic resources will require development of new infrastructure for access, rating, and billing to support the use of these non-geographic resources. Additionally, non-geographic resources traditionally require the translation to geographic numbers for routing purposes and would therefore consume up to twice as many numbering resources compared to using only geographic numbers.