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Shared Code DLL - 1) -  R4  R  ~J' Federal Communications Commission`(#gFCC 98330 ă  z (# #Xj\  P6G; XP# #X\  P6G;m8P# yx*dddy (# #Xj\  P6G; XP#*` Before the  R'{ Federal Communications Commissionp  *(#   R'-Washington, D.C. 20554 ă  RQ4In the Matter of hhCq) ` `  hhCq)  R 4Cellular Telecommunications Industry q) WT Docket No. 98 %A 229 %A   R4Association's Petition for Forbearance q)  R4from Commercial Mobile Radio Services q)  R4Number Portability ObligationshhCq)  R9 'u  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER \  R 4X` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8:. The Common Carrier Bureau has sought public comment on the NANC Report, including specific comment on several number pooling methodologies that may require carriers to develop LNP  R4capability. H ~JF'ԍ Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on North American Numbering Council Report Concerning  ~J'Telephone Number Pooling and Other Optimization Measures, Public Notice, NSD File No. L98134, DA 982265 (rel. November 6, 1998). Telephone number pooling technologies permit carriers to obtain access to  ~J'telephone numbering resources that are within a central office code, but may not be in use. Id. at 4. C# Vfootnote reference#omments on the NANC Report are due on December 21, 1998, five days after  R4the oneyear deadline for acting on the CTIA petition. In light of the Common Carrier Bureau's separate solicitation of comments, AirTouch has requested that we should, at a minimum, delay a decision on the CTIA petition for 90 days, so that the wireless industry can provide information regarding its use of numbering resources and the relative costs and  R4benefits of the full range of number conservation measures available.H ~J'ԍEx parte letter from Pamela J. Riley, AirTouch Communications, to Magalie Roman Salas, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, dated December 4, 1998. We have also received  R4a separate request for a 90 day extension from the Telecommunications Resellers Association  R4(TRA) to provide more time for parties to evaluate an ex parte report it has recently submitted proposing an alternative method for implementation of wireless LNP within the existing  Rr4deadline.X r( H ~JK"'ԍEx parte letter from David Gusky, Vice President, TRA, to William E. Kennard, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, dated December 4, 1998. TRA has proposed an alternative "LRN relay" methodology that it contends would be as effective and less costly than separating the Mobile Identification"#0*$$#"  ~J'Number (MIN) from the Mobile Directory Number (MDN) in wireless handsets. TRA submitted an ex parte  ~JX'report outlining its LRN relay proposal in detail on November 24, 1998. See ex parte letter from David Gusky, Vice President, TRA, to William E. Kennard, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, dated November 24, 1998.  "r0*$$"Ԍ R4ԙ5. ` ` We believe that before making a decision regarding CTIA's petition, we should have the opportunity to consider the comments filed in response to the NANC Report concerning both LNPbased and nonLNPbased number optimization methods. Additionally, we urge CTIA, wireless carriers, and all other interested parties filing comments to (1) address whether it is appropriate from a legal, policy, or technical standpoint to consider numbering resource optimization concerns in evaluating CTIA's petition; (2) provide information regarding current utilization of numbering resources by wireless carriers (particularly in the  R 4100 largest MSAs), and how such utilization compares to that of other classes of carriers (e.g., ILECs, CLECs); and (3) offer proposals for wireless carriers to promote efficient use of numbering resources before implementing LNP.  R '&A IV. ORDERING CLAUSE Đ\  R9 46. ` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to section 10 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  160, the date on which the petition for forbearance filed by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association shall be deemed granted in the absence of a Commission denial of the petition for failure to meet the statutory standards for forbearance is extended until March 16, 1999. ` `  hhCqFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ` `  hhCqMagalie Roman Salas ` `  hhCqSecretary