NANC Report Future of Numbering (FoN) Working Group FoN Tri-Chairs Carolee Hall, Idaho PUC Mark Lancaster, AT&T Suzanne Addington, Sprint December 9, 2014

Future of Numbering WG 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. The Working Group will identify common criteria and gather data to identify trends and their impact upon numbering resources. The Working Group, if necessary, will analyze opportunities 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. 2

Future of Numbering WG Status: Mark Lancaster, ATT, has stepped down from his role as a tri-chair of the FoN WG. The FoN is undergoing elections and a new tri-chair will be announced by December 19, A Contribution from AT&T for Numbering Testbed Parameters –AT&T withdrew this contribution per agreement with the FoN WG in light of the ATIS TOPS Council Testbed initiative (TLT). Subcommittee Updates –FTN 4: Geographic Issues The Geographic Numbering sub-committee is discussing the consumer perspective and service implications regarding the geography of toll-free call routing and the decoupling or disassociation of numbers from geography. The sub-committee created a white paper (Geographic Routing of Toll Free Services) which was shared with the FoN WG upon completion and was subsequently approved. The white paper has been shared with the NANC members and will be presented separately. –FTN 8: All IP Addressing All IP Addressing sub-committee was created to define future identifiers in support of IP industry trends beyond the e.164 numbering plan (including M2M impacts). 3

FoN Membership 800 Response Information Services AT&T ATIS ATL RespOrg Services Brighthouse Networks Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission CenturyLink Charter Communications Comcast Cox Communications Custom Toll Free EarthLink Business Evolving Systems iconectiv Idaho Public Utilities Commission Integra Telecom John Staurulakis, Inc. (JSI) Maine Public Utilities Commission MA Dept. of Telecommunications & Cable Michigan Public Service Commission Minnesota Department of Commerce Nebraska Public Service Commission NENA Neustar Oregon Public Utility Commission Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission PHONEWORD SMS/800, Inc. Sprint TCA, Telecom Consulting Associates TeleSmart T-Mobile US Telecom Verizon Verizon Wireless Vonage Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Wisconsin Public Service Commission XO Communications 4

Meeting Schedule/Contact Info Conference Calls Held: –10/01/14 –12/03/14 Scheduled calls: –First Wednesday of each month Noon-1:30 PM ET –Next Meeting: Moved to 01/07/15 due to other industry meetings Contact info: FoN meeting notes and documents are posted at: 5