1 NIIF Summary Report Activities since the NIIF #45 meeting October 18, 2004 Stu GoldmanDavid Bench NIIF Co Chair

2 NIIF Leadership

3 Meetings Held from August 13, 2004 to October 18, 2004 August 26, NIIF Issue #0217, Routing IDDD Calls Within and NIIF Issue #0245, Routing IDDD Calls For September 23, 2004 – NIIF Issue #0217, Routing IDDD Calls Within and NIIF Issue #0245, Routing IDDD Calls For September 21, 2004 – Full NIOC Conference Call on NIIF Issues #0227, Clarification to Resolution Statement of Issue #0199 Toll Free Number in Calling Party Field, and NIIF Issue #0239, Telecommunications Relay Service Technology Updates, and 4 Proposed New Issues September 29, 2004 – NIIF Issue #0208, Jurisdiction Information Parameter (JIP) - Full NIOC Conference Call with invited industry participation September 30, 2004 – NIIF Issue #0244, Additional Date Fields in the LERG, Conference Call October 11-15, 2004 NIIF #46, Las Vegas, Nevada

4 Key Initiatives NIOC –Roaming Wireless Call Difficulties –HPC Call Treatment References (GETS) –Jurisdiction Information Parameter (JIP) –High Volume Call In (HVCI) Events –VoIP NRRIC –Joint OBF/ISOP Initiative to Create Key Fields between the ASR Process and the Telcordia LERG Routing Guide –Embedded Wireless NPA-NXX OCNs –Routing to International Satellite Network

5 Correspondence Sent: NIIF Correspondence # : Correspondence to the OBF acknowledging receipt of their correspondence and stating the intention of the NIOC to open a new issue on a full NIOC conference call being held on September 21, 2004

6 Correspondence (cont.) Received: NIIF Correspondence # and # Attachment: and Attachment Regarding New Category in the NIIF National LNP Contact Directory for post- port carrier-to-carrier support NIIF Correspondence # : Correspondence from the OBF ISOP to NRRIC regarding OBF/ISOP issue 2711, Correlate the ASR Trunking and Translations with the LERG for Parallel TrunkingNIIF Correspondence #

7 NIIF New Issues Issue #0249: Additional Testing Scenarios for NIIF 5006 Section 4, Feature Group D Testing Issue #0250: Guidelines for the Use of Charge Number Field Issue #0251R1: Clarification of the Scope of the NIIF/NIOC Documents Issue #0252: Define Telecommunications Customer (TC) and Telecommunications Provider Issue #0253, Substantive Updates to NIIF 0015, Intercompany Responsibilities Within the Telecommunications Industry document Issue #0254, IP QoS and IP/PSTN Convergence as it relates to the PRQC Work Issue #0255, NIIF Company Specific Contact Directory and LNP Contact Directory New Category Proposal and Processes for Updating Contacts Issue #0256, Establishment of a VoP Sub-Committee Issue #0257, Updating the NIOC Mission Statement

8 NIIF Issues in Initial Closure Issues in Initial Closure: Issue #0208: Jurisdictional Information Parameter (JIP) Issue #0219, Restructure of NRRIC Discrepancy Reports to Accommodate Thousands-Block Data Issue #0228, Cross reference information in the Telcordia Technologies LERG Routing Guide with information required in the OBF Access Service Request process Issue #0243, New NRRIC LATA Discrepancy Report Issue #0244, Additional Date Fields in the LERG Issues in Initial Pending: Issue #0231: Excessive Call Duration – Centrex Lines

9 NIIF Issues in Final Closure Issues Placed in Final Closure since NIIF GS #45: Issue #0197, NIIF Interconnection Template Issue #0234, NIIF Documentation Form and Template Review

10 Other Issue Activity Ongoing work to obtain updates to NIIF Contact Lists Status of IAM POTS=0 requested from wireless industry

11 Identified Concerns Bringing New Technology Issues and SMEs into the Forum Translating ATIS TOPS Priorities into Specific Issues

12 Future Interim Meetings NRRIC Conference Calls –October 27, 2004, Issue #0253, Substantive Updates to NIIF 0015, Intercompany Responsibilities Within the Telecommunications Industry document –November 8, 2004, Full NRRIC Conference Call, Review drafted correspondence to OBF ISOP to notify them of the status of Issue #0228 NIOC Conference Calls –November 10, 2004 Conference Call, Issue #0257, Updating the NIOC Mission Statement –November 10, 2004 Conference Call with industry participation, Issue #0239, Telecommunications Relay Service Technology Updates –Date TBD, Issue #0250 Conference Call, Guidelines for the Use of Charge Number Field (Tentative dates: November 19, 2004, December 1, 2004, and December 2, 2004)

13 Next NIIF Meeting NIIF #47: – NRRIC and NIOC, Atlanta, Georgia, January 10-14, 2005 –General Session #47 Virtual Meeting January 19, 2005