North American Numbering Council Billing & Collection Working Group (B&C WG) October 10, 2007 Co-Chairs: Rosemary Emmer, Sprint Nextel Tim Decker, Verizon

October 10, 2007B&C WG2 Mission Statement / Area of Responsibility The NANCs Billing and Collection Agent Oversight Working Group (B&C WG) is responsible for overseeing the performance of the functional requirements provided by the NANP 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 Agents performance with respect to the functional requirements. At the request of the FCC and/or NANC, 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 or use these Funds.

October 10, 2007B&C WG3 Current Activities July December 2006 Welch & Co. Performance Evaluation Monthly Billing and Collections Oversight 2008 Meeting Schedule

October 10, 2007B&C WG4 2005/2006 Welch & Co. Performance Review Developed a rating schematic similar to the NOWG for consistency. Developed the evaluation consistent with the monthly deliverable matrix. Scheduled conference calls to gain industry consensus on rating and evaluation.

October 10, 2007B&C WG5 2005/2006 Welch & Co. Performance Review The B&C WG considered, reviewed and analyzed the following data: Monthly Deliverables Matrix Score 2004 & 2005 Team Meeting Materials FCC/NANC reports, monthly reports Customer Service, processes Clean-up of receivables, B&C WG observations Co-Chair Interactions with Welch & Co. Contribution Factor and Budget related communication/printed material

October 10, 2007B&C WG6 2005/2006 Welch & Co. Performance Review Welch & Cos rating for the July 2005 through December 2006 performance year was Met. This rating is defined below: Met performance requirements: o Met requirements in order to be considered successful o Performance was competent and reliable o Decisions and recommendations were within requirements and expectations

October 10, 2007B&C WG7 2005/2006 Welch & Co. Performance Review No PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) was identified. Next Year B&C WG will ask Welch & Co. to provide a yearly operational review.

October 10, 2007B&C WG8 History of NANP Fund Size and Contribution Factor

October 10, 2007B&C WG9 Welch & Co. Report Talking Points By the end of June 2008, the fund balance is expected to be 2.59M, significantly more than the budget indicated. 1.6M more than anticipated. We originally budgeted the pANI cost for $517,000, (cost of contract) and we will now only pay $87,000. The $517,000 was for a 5 year period, PA only managed the pANI for 1 year because it is now included in the new pooling contract. There will be no additional cost at this point under this fund for pANI. For Pooling alone, as a result of the most recent Pooling Administration contract, the NANP fund will require $77,000 less per month which reduces the overall amount needed in the budget by $772,000. This amount will become part of the end of budget year surplus Note that in the absence of a new pooling contract we forcasted the PA portion of the budget in the exact manor we had years previously. (used the same budget). We can use the surplus for emergencies if we need it.

October 10, 2007B&C WG10 B&C WG Membership AT&T Bell Canada Cox CTIA Sprint Nextel Qwest Verizon

October 10, 2007B&C WG11 Future Meetings Contact the Co-Chairs for complete meeting or conference call details or (Other meetings for the B&C WG may be scheduled as needed beyond what has been identified above) B&C WG meeting notes and documents are posted at nanc-chair.org Tuesday, October 16 11:00am Eastern 1hr Tuesday, November 20 11:00am Eastern 1hr Tuesday, December 18 11:00am Eastern 1hr