The FCC has full jurisdiction over the telephone numbering system in the United States. The Commission’s policies governing numbering are designed to promote competitive markets and ensure the efficient use of numbers. Policies and activities include:
- Ensuring local number portability, which allows consumers to keep their existing phone number when switching to a new carrier
- Ensuring access to number resources for all providers
- Extending the life of the 10-digit number system, known as the North American Numbering Plan, through thousands-block number pooling and other measures.
- Preventing premature exhaustion of numbers in an area code
- Overseeing allocation and management of Toll Free numbers
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04/22/2013
Comment Sought on North American Numbering Council Recommendation that FCC Consolidate its North American Numbering Plan Administrator and Pooling Administrator Contracts. CC Docket Nos. 99-237, 99-200. DA 13-806. Public Notice Word | Acrobat
04/19/2013
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING, ORDER AND NOTICE OF INQUIRY. CC Docket No. 95-116, 01-92, 99-200 and WC Docket Nos. 13-97, 04-36, 07-243 and 10-90; FCC 13-51 Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
02/05/2013
Wireline Competition Bureau announces release of Procurement Documents for the Local Number Portability Administration Contract. CC Docket No. 95-116 and WC Docket Nos. 07-149, 09-109. DA 13-154 Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
08/13/2012
Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Comment on Procurement Documents for the Local Number Portability (LNP) Administration Contract. CC Docket No. 95-116 and WC Docket Nos. 07-149, 09-109. DA 12-1333.
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2015 LNPA RFP
2015 LNPA Technical Requirements Document
2015 LNPA Vendor Qualification
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2015 LNPA RFP
2015 LNPA Technical Requirements Document
2015 LNPA Vendor Qualification
01/09/2012
Wireline Competition Bureau grants 14-day extention of the current deadline to update record regarding petitions for waiver of Section 52.15(g)(2)(i) of the Commission's rules. CC Docket No. 99-200. DA 12-26 Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/27/11
Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks to refresh record on petitions for waiver of Commission's rules regarding access to numbering resources. CC Docket No. 99-200. DA 11-2074 Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
12/21/11
Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Comment on Montana Public Service Commission's Petition for Delegated Authority to Implement Number Conservation Measures Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
11/29/11
Comment Sought on NANC Proposal for Customer Service Records Requests Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
10/14/11
Wireline Competition Bureau Announces that a Request for Information was issued to obtain information, request input, and allow potential vendors to pre-qualify to bid for the contract that will develop and manage local number portability database platforms and services in the United States beginning in 2015. CC Docket No. 95-116 and WC Docket Nos. 07-149, 09-109. DA No. 11-1719
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
09/15/11
Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on the North American Numbering Council Proposal for Standardized Minimum Thresholds and Intervals for Non-Simple Ports and "Projects." CC Docket No. 95-116. WC Docket No. 07-244. DA No. 11-1558
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
07/15/11
FCC modifies the neutrality conditions placed on Neustar, Inc. in its role as the North American Numbering Plan Administrator. CC Docket No. 92-237. FCC No. 11-109.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
05/16/11
Wireline Competition Bureau details procedures that must be taken toward selection of the next local number portability administrator. CC Docket No. 95-116. DA No. 11-883
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
05/16/11
Wireline Competition Bureau proposed North American Numbering Plan Administration Contribution Factor for July 2011 through June 2012. CC Docket No. 92-237. DA No. 11-884
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
04/15/11
Wireline Competition Bureau seeks comment on Neustar's Request for Clarification of its Neutrality requirements. CC Docket No. 92-237. DA No. 11-698.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
