Decision CRTC 2001-374
Ottawa, 29 June 2001
To: Interested parties
Subject: NPAS 500 NXXs assigned to and reserved for Canada
Reference File: 8698-N42-01/01
On 8 March 2001, the Commission received a letter from Mr. Ron
Conners, Director of the North American Numbering Plan Administration
(NANPA), advising the CRTC of the impending exhaust of Numbering Plan
Area (NPA) 500 NXX codes. NANPA noted that it had undertaken a
comprehensive audit of U.S. 500 NXX assignments which resulted in a
significant number of codes being returned to the pool of available
resources. In its letter, NANPA requested assurances from the Commission
that the NPA 500 NXX codes that had been assigned for Canada’s
exclusive use in 1999, at the direction of the Commission, were still
required.
In its examination of the situation, the Canadian Steering Committee
on Numbering (CSCN) was asked to examine the question of Canada’s
near-term requirements, and to report its findings to the Commission via
the CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee (CISC) process. At the same
time, the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA) undertook a review of
the status of NXXs already assigned to Canadian entities, initiating
reclamation as required.
In April, the CSCN examined the situation and recommended that given:
the change in circumstance with regard to the establishment of a
U.S.-based NPA 500 portability pool;
no Canadian service provider has implemented NPA 500 since they
were first assigned in 1994 to Canadian carriers; and,
resources will be available to Canadians in the relief NPA (533)
should the need arise,
the Commission direct the CNA to return NXXs in NPA 500 that are not
in-service, to the North American pool for assignment where needed,
including those NXXs that are reserved for Canada but not yet assigned
to Canadian entities.
In May, the CISC Steering Committee supported the recommendation of
the CSCN and forwarded the recommendation to the Commission for
consideration.
In light of CISC’s recommendation and in recognition of the need to
conserve North American Numbering Plan resources in order to delay the
exhaust of the Plan for as long as possible, the Commission, by way of
this decision, directs the CNA to return to the NANPA all NXXs in NPA
500 that have not been assigned as well as any NXX that has been
recovered through reclamation efforts.
Ursula Menke
Secretary General
Date Modified: 2001-06-29
|
