Supplemental Quarterly Pooling Tip – January 2016

Completing the MONTHS TO EXHAUST and UTILIZATION CERTIFICATION
WORK SHEET - TN Level for Growth Requests

When completing the MONTHS TO EXHAUST and UTILIZATION CERTIFICATION WORK SHEET - TN Level (MTE), only numbers classified as available should be included in section A. (Available Numbers). Numbers that are classified as assigned, reserved, intermediate, aging, and administrative may not be included.
Numbers that are classified as assigned should be included in section B. (Assigned Numbers). Numbers that are classified as reserved, intermediate, aging and administrative should be included in section C. (Total Numbering Resources) in addition to the numbers classified as available and assigned.
Per the FCC clarification in FCC 15-70: … “Numbers provided to carriers, interconnected VoIP providers or other non-carrier entities by numbering partners should be reported as “intermediate,” and do not qualify as “end users” or “customers.” (FCC 15-70, ¶32)”. Based on this clarification Intermediate Numbers may only be reported as Assigned Numbers when those numbers have been assigned to an “end user” or “customer” by the Intermediate carrier.

Per the Thousands Block Pooling Administrator Guidelines (TBPAG):

Available Numbers is defined as “Available numbers are numbers that are available for assignment to subscriber access lines, or their equivalents, within a rate center and are not classified as assigned, intermediate, administrative, aging, or reserved. Available numbers is a residual category that can be calculated by subtracting a sum of numbers in the assigned, reserved, intermediate, aged, and administrative primary categories from the total of numbers in the inventory of a code or block holder (FCC 00-104 §52.15 (f)(1) (iv)).” . Assigned Numbers is defined as “Assigned numbers are numbers working in the PSTN under an agreement such as a contract or tariff at the request of specific end users or customers for their use, or numbers not yet working but having a customer service order pending. Numbers that are not yet working and have a service order pending for more than five calendar days shall not be classified as assigned numbers. (FCC 00-104 §52.15 (f)(1) (iii)) Ported-out numbers should be included as a subcategory of assigned numbers. (FCC 00-104 ¶ 36).”  Intermediate Numbers are numbers that are made available for use by another telecommunications carrier or non-carrier entity for the purpose of providing telecommunications service to an end user or customer. Numbers ported for the purpose of transferring an established customer’s service to another service provider shall not be classified as intermediate numbers (47 CFR § 52.15 (f) (1) (v)). Numbers such as dealer number pools should be included as a subcategory of intermediate numbers (FCC 00-104 ¶ 36). An “intermediate” number is one that is made available to a carrier or non-carrier entity from another carrier, but has not necessarily been assigned to an end-user or customer by the receiving carrier or non-carrier entity (FCC 15-70 ¶30). Numbers provided to carriers, interconnected VoIP providers, or other non-carrier entities by numbering partners should be reported as “intermediate,” and do not qualify as “end users” or “customers” (FCC 15-70, ¶32).

PAS validates that the numbers provided in section A. (Available Numbers) and section B. (Assigned Numbers) do not exceed the total numbers provided in section C. (Total Numbering Resources). PAS does not require that A + B must equal C.



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