NANC Future of Numbering (FoN) Working Group July 18, 2006 Co-Chairs James Castagna, Verizon John Cummings, Vonage Don Gray, Nebraska PSC

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 2 Report Summary Project Tracking Matrix Revised Mission and Scope Proposal Meeting Progress/Activities Meeting Schedule

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 3 Project Tracking Matrix

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 4 Mission and Scope Proposed Changes Mission: To explore changes to the environment, including new and future technologies, the impact of market place and/or regulatory changes and innovations on telephone numbering. Scope: The Working Group will investigate new telephone numbering assignment approaches and future telephone number assignment requirements in cooperation with other industry forums/committees as appropriate. The Working Group will identify trends and assess their impact upon numbering resources. The Working Group, if necessary, will analyze potential changes to numbering administration and use common criteria to determine the feasibility and benefit of each and report its findings to the NANC. The Working Group will also analyze various topics that may be given to it from time to time by the NANC and/or FCC.

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 5 Meeting Progress/Activities External Reports Under Review: The Future Of Numbering - May 2006 Draft Report - Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) within the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT). Telephone Numbering – Safeguarding the Future of Numbers - Feb Office Of Telecommunications (UK) What Do Consumers Think About Telephone Numbers – Summary Research Conducted for OfTel by FutureSight

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 6 Meeting Progress/Activities FoN is moving From Technology to Services Perspective: Technology Capability Mobility Feature SIP Intelligence New Services Recognizing new and existing Services which use TNs will likely most significantly impact the NANP.

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 7 Meeting Progress/Activities Technology Enablers/Influences: Choice of TNs from any area code Use of device address book instead of TN Telephony devices support dialing numerous types of addresses beyond TNs, e.g., SIP URIs A new Mobility - Movement among several Fixed/Mobile IP Devices (contact addresses) or networks. Use of a single address, e.g., SIP URI, can be used to reach individual at any/all of their contact addresses.

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 8 Meeting Progress/Activities End User Habits/Influences: Numbers are stored and accessed. –Mobile numbers are stored more often –Fixed numbers are remembered What a TN tell us about the destination. –Locality: Potential Supplier/Time of Day –Cost Relativity –Business: Dispatch/Marketing –Fixed Device becomes a Communal Phone –Mobile / Nomadic Device becomes a Personal Phone

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 9 Meeting Progress/Activities New Addressing Scheme Options/Influences: Impact of competing electronic addressing schemes –Telephone Numbers represented by phrases –IP addresses represented by numbers –Domain Names or phrases mapped to IP addresses –ENUM bridging the PSTN with the IP network via telephone numbers –ENUM as a book of addresses identifying a multitude of services represented by URIs –Private naming addresses within social networking services, e.g., Skype, MySpace names

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 10 Meeting Progress/Activities Five (Tentative) Areas of Analysis: –Services/Devices –Regulation –Allocation –Mobility –Database New Agenda Format allows for addressing two Areas of Analysis per scheduled meeting.

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 11 Meeting Progress/Activities New Agenda Format/Template General Session 1.00:00 – 00:05General Discussion of Numbering Issues 2.00:05 – 00:10Introductions & Attendance 3.00:10 – 00:15Prior Meeting Notes Review 4.00:15 – 00:20Identification and Disposition of: »Open Prior Action Items »New Contributions Study Area Session 6.00:20 – 01:05Study Area X 7.01:05 – 01:10Health Break 8.01:10 – 01:55Study Area Y Closing Session 9.01:55 – 02:00New Business and Future Meeting Schedule Agenda End

FoN July 2006 NANC Report 12 Meeting Schedule DATEBRIDGE DETAILS July 17, PM ET or pin 4962# (Telcordia) July 27, PM ET or , pin (Sprint/Nextel) August 10, :30 PM ET or , pin (Sprint/Nextel) August 30, PM ET TBD