1. North American Numbering Council Billing & Collection Working Group Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Co-Chairs: Rosemary Emmer, Sprint Jim Castagna, Verizon

2. 2006/07 NANP Budget & Contribution Factor Overview Of January 16, 2006 Meeting: –Reviewed last years contribution factor documentation with Welch and Co. –Identified various considerations that need to be addressed for 2006-2007 fiscal year. –Established a time table to ensure timely recommendation for review by NANC at its March meeting. –Identified Action Items and Items needing discussion during future meetings.

3. 2005/06 Recommendation Recap of Treatment of Surplus and Contingency and resulting Contribution Factor Implement Option 1B (fiscal year 2005/06) –Use up the entire projected fund surplus of $ 5,678,531 –Set the Contingency amount to $ 1,000,000 –Implement a Contribution Factor of 0.0000046 Primary Rationale –Uses surplus to fund most of next years budget, providing the benefit of significantly lower payments –Contingency is same as in the past and provides a buffer for the Fund should conditions change. –Future contribution factors anticipated to be around 0.000025 in subsequent years thus providing long term stability.

4. 2006/07 Considerations PA Contract Ends in June 2006 Pseudo Automatic Number Identification (pANI) administration Carrier Audits Funding Level Currently at $700,000 per annum Forecasted Surplus about $600k at the end of the fiscal year Current Contingency set at $1 M Changes in the Contribution Base

5. 2006/07 Timetable Meetings Scheduled –February 15 – Identify alternatives –February 22 – Review alternatives –March 8 – Select an alternative –March 8 – Submit recommendation to NANC –March 14 – NANC selects alternative NANCs selection provides direction to Welch & Co., which is responsible for filing the 2006/07 Budget and Contribution Factor. Ideally, FCC approval will be such that Welch & Co. can then issue correct bills by June 12, 2006.

6. Action Items Welch & Co –Consult with FCC regarding: PA Contract pANI Administration (new function) Carrier Audits Budgeting Needs –Provide B&C WG: Financial Analysis of revenue, expenditures, forecasted liabilities, etc Impact of alternatives to handling contingency and anticipated funding needs on the 2006/07 contribution factor Draft FCC filing (one week prior to filing) that addresses NANCs recommendation

7. Action Items Billing & Collection WG –Advise Welch on items/issues that may impact budget, e.g., pANI Administration –Consider impact of items/issues upon budget and what to do to ensure fund sufficiency –Identify various approaches for computation by Welch & Co. so B&C WG can recommend one alternative to NANC –Provide NANC with their recommendation with reasoning why its the best approach