1. 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

2. 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.

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

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

5. History of NANP Fund Size and Contribution Factor

6. 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 month timeframe for that unique (one time) cycle.

7. 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%

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

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