March 2008 Pooling Administration
Tip of the Month
Thousands-Blocks Donations and Helpful
Hints
As a reminder, when you donate
thousands-blocks via the Appendix 2, Thousands-Block Donation form
after the block donation date, you should complete the tasks
outlined in section 7.2.7 of the Thousands-Block Number (NXX-X)
Pooling Administration Guidelines (TBPAG), (below is an excerpt from
that section):
If block donations are
submitted using Appendix 2 via PAS, the PA shall process the
donation within 7 calendar days. If donations are submitted by
any other method, the PA has an additional two business days for
processing.
For any donations from a
non-pooled NXX, the AOCN is responsible for entering its
specified routing and rating information for those retained
thousands-blocks. The retained thousands-block will not appear
in the LERG Routing Guide until the AOCN has performed this
task.
For any subsequent
donations of previously retained blocks from a pooled NXX, the
block(s) to be donated must be disconnected by the AOCN in
BIRRDS before donation. An SP should use the Other Information
section in Appendix 2 if block(s) donated have any special
status or treatment, e.g., restricted use, chatline, etc.
Intra-SP porting of all
unavailable TNs within all thousands-blocks that are being
donated to the industry inventory pool by SPs is to be completed
by the Block Donation Date.
As a block holder you
should complete the following per section 4.4.i per the TBPAG:
4.4.i Block Holders Responsibilities
Verify in the NPAC which
TNs are assigned in any contaminated thousands-block received
from the PA to avoid duplicate TN assignments. The preferred
method of contaminated TN verification relies on NPAC, but use
of one's own LSMS (Local Service Management System) is also
acceptable.
Below are some helpful hints:
When a previously donated
block changes from contaminated to non-contaminated, if
possible, notify the PA, so we can update our records
accordingly.
If you donated a block
that is over 10% contaminated, notify the PA immediately so that
action can be taken to remove the block from the inventory.
Updating the NRUF does
not update the contamination status in PAS, please notify the PA
if the contamination status changes.
Please ensure that the
Intra-SP ports are completed prior to donating contaminated
blocks, unless the newly established pool criteria apply.
If you have any questions, please contact the Number Pooling
Customer Support at 1-866-NEUPOOL or
poolingsupport@neustar.biz.
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of the Month,
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