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                                                            PUBLIC NOTICE
                                                                         
                                        Federal Communications Commission
                                                       445 12th St., S.W.
                                                   Washington, D.C. 20554
                                                                         
                                                               
                                                               
                                                     DA 00-0074
                  Released:  January 14, 2000
                                                               
                                                               
    COMMON CARRIER BUREAU RECEIVES NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING
  COUNCIL (NANC) REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT FOR THOUSAND BLOCK POOL
                        ADMINISTRATION 
                                
                        CC Docket 99-200
                                
     On January 10, 2000, the North American Numbering Council (NANC) forwarded the
Thousand-Block Pool Administrator Requirements Document (PA Requirements Document) to
the Chief, Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau), Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for
information and consideration in the Numbering Resource Optimization (NRO) proceeding. 
The NANC developed the PA Requirements Document over a period of twelve months and
approved the final draft during a conference call on December 22, 1999.  

     In the NRO NPRM, the Commission tentatively concluded that implementing thousands-
block pooling is an important numbering optimization strategy that is essential to extending the
life of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP).   Thousand-block number pooling is an
alternative method for the assignment of numbering resources.  Instead of assigning all 10,000
numbers within an NXX code to a single service provider, thousands-block pooling involves the
allocation of telephone numbers within an NXX code in blocks of a thousand sequential numbers
to different service providers in a particular rate area.  A Pool Administrator will coordinate and
administer the allocation of the thousands blocks.

     The PA Requirements Document sets forth the NANC's recommendation for the scope of
responsibilities and functional requirements of a national number Pooling Administrator.  
The Requirements Document is available via the Internet at www.fcc.gov/ccb/Nanc/NANCCorr.html. 
This public notice is being issued to inform all interested parties that the PA Requirements
Document will be included in the record of the NRO proceeding (CC Docket 99-200).


     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Tejal Mehta at (202) 418-2320 or via
the Internet at tmehta@fcc.gov.  The address is:  Network Services Division, Common Carrier
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Suite 6-A207,
Washington, DC 20554 .  

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