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On the first business day of the month, the PA sends the “Pooling Administration Tip of the Month” to the Pooling Administration System (PAS) users on such topics as Pooling processes and general customer education.

March 2010 Pooling Administration Tip of the Month

Becoming the New Code Holder as a Result of a Code Return

When a pooled code is returned, the PA will check to see if there are any blocks or ports assigned to someone other than the code holder. If your company has any block(s) or port(s) assigned from this code, the PA will contact your company to become the new code holder. Below are some considerations that should be taken into account when determining if your company would volunteer to become the new code holder:

• It will be the responsibility of the new code holder to continue to maintain default routing functions associated with the pooled code, for further information on the responsibilities of a code holder, please refer to the Section 4.2 of the Thousands-Block Number (NXX-X) Pooling Administration Guidelines, which can be located on the ATIS website (http://www.atis.org/inc/incguides.asp).

• If the code has not been flagged as being “In-Service”, which is defined as “A code or block for which local routing information has been input to the LERG Routing Guide and the carrier has begun to activate and assign numbers within the NXX code or NXX-X block to end users (FCC 00-104, ¶240)”, then the new code holder will assume the responsibility of submitting the Part 4. To determine if a Part 4 is required, please contact the PA.

If you have any questions, please contact the Number Pooling Customer Support at 1-866-NEUPOOL or poolingsupport@Neustar.biz. 

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