1. Rosemary Emmer, Sprint Nextel
North American Numbering Council (NANC) Billing & Collection Working Group (B&C WG)
December 9, 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 & September, 2014 NANC meeting, the NANC discussed and agreed to move forward with changing the current budget to allow for the funding year to align with the federal fiscal year. Based on our research we believe we have the requisite authority to move forward and have provided the justification document for NANC review.
Details:
We will bill in June 2015 and collect in July 2015 for a 15 month cycle. From there, we will begin billing each September (2016) for October collection.

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. 2015 Draft Meeting Schedule
All Tuesday at 10am eastern as usual
Jan 27 July 28
Feb 17 Sept 29
March 24 Oct 27
April 28 Nov 10
May 26 Dec 15
June 30

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

10. Future Meetings/Contact Information
Tuesday, December 16, 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