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Notes on the LNPA Selection Working Group
Organizational Meeting
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC
November 8, 1996
Chairperson:
Casimir Skrzypczak, NANC Steering Group Liaison (NYNEX)
Guests in Attendance:
Alan Hasselwander, Chairman of the NANC
Marian Gordon, FCC Designated Official to the NANC
Notes Taker: James Castagna,
LNPA Selection Working Group Co-organizer (NYNEX)
Meeting Logistics: Masuda Ranjber,
United States Telephone Association (USTA)
NOTE: Handouts were distributed at the meeting to the working
group participants and their content is not included in these
meeting notes. Please contact your attending representative for a
copy of the handouts or the working group co-chairs for
additional information regarding these meeting minutes.
The meeting was called to order by Casimir Skrzypczak, the NANC
Steering Group liaison, at 8:34 AM.
Cas welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the LNPA
Selection Working Group, introduced himself and highlighted his
objective of getting the working group off to a good start. Cas
reviewed the day's goals: understand our charge, develop a work
plan, and develop a sense of the group preference regarding the
working group's leadership.
The agenda (handout distributed) was reviewed during which time
Cas pointed out that the FCC's Marian Gordon, Designated Federal
Official of the NANC and Alan Hasselwander, the Chairman of the
North American Numbering Council, were in attendance to share
their perspective with the group. At this time Cas initiated the
introduction of all attendees by asking Marian and Alan to
introduce themselves followed by all others in attendance.
After the introductions, Alan Hasselwander accepted Cas's
invitation to say a few words. Alan expressed his appreciation
and emphasized how important the work is - that there is a tight
time frame - and that he is very optimistic that the goals can be
accomplished on time. He continued to say that the work is
important to the industry and customers alike and he thanked
everyone for their participation.
Marian Gordon provided an overview and informative perspective of the NANC and its charge. Marian also reviewed the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and stated that the commission could accept advice only from the NANC and no other group. Marion introduced Susan McMaster who provided an overview (handouts distributed) of the LNP Order - including the "performance criteria." She stated that anything beyond service provider portability is being left to the industry - that it was not part of the order. She clarified that although telecommunication carriers should not be required to rely on another entity's network facilities, this did not preclude the use of LEC networks for accessing subscribers. Susan also highlighted several points including what LNP determinations were left to the
NANC as well as the determinations that the FCC had made
concerning LNP database issues. She continued to cover some call
processing scenarios and concluded by highlighting some of the
FCC's continuing responsibilities which include overseeing,
managing and enforcing LNP implementation.
Cas described the organizational structure of the NANC
Working Group and Task Forces and continued by covering some of the organizational results of the 11/7/96 NANPA Working
Group meeting. Cas displayed the associated view graphs prepared as a result of that meeting and encouraged comments during the brief review of each of the line items.
Highlights of those comments follow:
Discussion Regarding "Co-chairs and Secretariat Functions":
The definition of consensus was reviewed by Peter Guggina
(NANC Steering Group liaison to the NANPA Working Group).
Peter provided a description of the ATIS interpretation of consensus in addition to an overview of the discussion at the 11/7/96 NANPA Working Group meeting.
(point noted: if an industry segment disagrees, it is safe to say
there is no consensus)
The group concluded that it was acceptable to have the format of this Working Group's meeting minutes similar to that described at the 11/7 meeting. (Agreements Reached,
Action Items, and (upon request) Points Noted)
Discussion Regarding Communications:
Scott Shefferman of the FCC announced the internet address for the FCC's Web site and indicated that dates, member lists and various other information will be available for viewing and downloading. Marian Gordon indicated that the
FCC is investigating the creation of a reflector and mentioned
that Linda Simms (lsimms@fcc.gov) should be contacted for
corrections to data shown at the FCC's home page located at:
"http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/WWW/Nanc/"
A process to escalate non-consensus situations will be considered by the NANC Steering Group on November 13, 1996.
Cas offered his services to resolve non-consensus situations.
Bidder participation during the development and review of
RFPs was discussed. Cas explained one perspective that the group may choose is that bidders should not have a voice in the determination of RFP requirements. Alan Hasselwander stated that the Steering Group has determined that bidders should not be allowed to participate in the development of
RFPs.
Discussion Regarding Consensus & Entity Participation:
One voice/input per entity was discussed and will be considered further at the Steering Group Meeting. Alan
Hasselwander related the Steering Group's discussions regarding
the number of participants from any one entity and stated that a
strict rule is not yet being enforced since participation and
contributions from a broad industry perspective are valuable.
Cas stated that he interpreted the group's preference to be that diverse opinions could be voiced by the various lines of business of an entity but that when it comes to consensus only one representative may participate. Cas stated that he would bring this recommendation to the steering group.
There was consensus on this point.
Meeting Logistics:
Conference calls will be scheduled giving consideration to
participants from the west coast who may find it difficult to
participate if the calls are scheduled in the AM as opposed to
the PM. Also it was stated by Marian Gordon that meetings, if
held in Washington, will have the benefit of the FCC's
participation. Consensus was that meetings will be held in
Washington, DC.
Other Organizational Issues Discussed:
It was agreed that Working Groups would have to arrive at a consensus regarding the recommendations of their Task
Forces.
Cas reviewed the responsibilities of the Working Group and
Task Forces. Subsequently, it was suggested that the group consider building upon the progress of the various commissions including Maryland and Illinois. It was stated that interface standards have already been created, that a lot of work has already been done, and the regional groups are prepared to continue their progress. It was stated there are approximately seven efforts already underway and that a review of those efforts should be conducted. (New York,
Maryland, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Texas, Illinois
w/Canada, Georgia and, California) It was stated that by the end
of December six or seven of the above mentioned regions will have
selected a vendor.
A proposal was put out on the floor:
This Group will recommend to the NANC Steering Group that this
Working Group could review and endorse the LNPA approaches
selected by each of the regions.
A discussion ensued regarding single or multiple LNPA(s) and the possibility of the NANPA being the same entity as the
LNPA. Also discussed was the expansion of the state LLC to a regional LLC in Illinois. There was support by Terry
Appenzeller of Ameritech and the Maryland PUC for having the
NANC endorse the LNPA(s) selected in those respective efforts.
Woody Kerkeslager of AT&T supported this view by stating that the
charge is to recommend to the NANC through a public forum what is
appropriate and acceptable in terms of the architectural,
technical and administrative perspective, and that it would not
be in anyone's best interest if we stopped the progress of
efforts already underway.
Cas highlighted the following points that he felt were the
consensus of the group:
1. There is a need to create a repository of information on current efforts.
2. For each of these, an examination of the technical & operational aspects of the interface standards to see if/how they are different needs to be done.
3. For those things that are different, there is a need to determine if there is a need to make them common.
4. That a set of criteria be established that each of the seven (or more) independent regional LLC's must meet in order to be endorsed or certified by the NANC.
5. Need to ensure all geographies are covered.
Terry Appenzeller of Ameritech offered to link the Illinois
electronic database to the FCC web page.
Review of each of the items above ensued and it was agreed that:
Item one above will be handled by the Working Group and should be completed by the end of the next meeting of the
Working Group. It was asked that anyone who has related info on
the web make it known to the co-chairs.
It was suggested that the Working Group create a sub-group and, for example, assign to it the responsibility to determine which regional items are critical and should be identical so that agreements may begin to be developed & presented to the Working Groups for consensus. Cas asked
Beth Kistner to organize with the co-chairs a meeting to address
this issue with possibly one representative of each of the seven
regional groups and that they make a report at next meeting of
the Working Group.
Item two was assigned to the Technical & Operational
Requirements Task Force and the goal is to complete this item and report out to the Working Group at the Working
Group's second meeting that is convened after today.
(proposed completion date: late Dec.)
Item Three above will be addressed by the Technical and
Operational Requirements Task Force. This Task Force will develop
a recommendation and present it to the Working Group so that the
Working Group may determine what needs to be common. (proposed
completion date: Jan 1)
Item Four was recapped by saying that certification criteria for
service provider portability needs to be established. It was
noted that this criteria should not preclude location
portability. (proposed completion date: Feb. 1)
Item Five was recapped by stating that we need to develop the overall regional map and establish boundaries (proposed date: April 15). This task was assigned to the Architectural
Task Force and they were asked to provide a report on their recommendations to the Working Group.
(proposed completion date: April 1)
It was stated that it was premature to state that an RFP will not be issued, and at least a document that is
RFP-like should be created.
Cas stated that it was his perspective that this group would be recommending the quantity/number of regional databases required. Cas then initiated a review of Susan McMaster's
"Determinations Left to the NANC" chart and discussed the
following line items that we had yet to cover today:
a - The specific duties of the LNPA(s)
b - Guidelines and standards by which the NANPA and the
LNPA(s) share numbering information.
The issue of opening of codes and establishment of LRNs was voiced. Susan McMaster reviewed item b above and stated that this item refers to the coordination/administration of numbering resources. Cas suggested that the LNPA Selection
Working Group co-chairs link up with the NANPA Working
Group to examine LNPA and NANPA interaction.
(target date: post May 1)
In discussing the NANPA it was also stated and generally agreed upon that the BELLCORE TRA was not included in the
"transition" of the NANPA.
Cas recapped by stating that he thought the working group had now
covered all of the requirements. Susan McMaster concurred.
The working group's recommendation and their consensus for
co-chairs of the LNPA Selection Working Group was determined to
be:
Woody Kerkeslager, AT&T, 908-221-3805
Terry Appenzeller, Ameritech, 847-248-4450
Cas suggested that it may be desirable to select the co-chairs of the task forces today. It was clarified by
Alan Hasselwander that the Steering Group does not intend to
review the task force co-chair selection. A review of the
co-chair nominees followed. The working group agreed with a
suggestion that the task forces, under the direction of the
working group co-chairs, select their own task force co-chairs.
The nominations to each of the task forces, as of today, are as
follows:
LNP Architectural Planning Task Force
1. Renie Spriggs of Bell Atlantic
LNP Technical and Operational Requirements Task Force
1. Bonnie Baca of AT&T
2. Phil Presworsky of TCG
Future Meetings
At this point the two new co-chairs took the floor and a discussion involving future meetings followed. Woody
Kerkeslager volunteered to provide someone to take the meeting
notes at the next meeting. Meeting scheduling was discussed and
it was determined that the first meeting after today will be held
in November and arranged by Woody and that the December meeting
will be arranged by Terry.
The following planned meeting dates were announced:
November 18, 1996 (Washington, DC location to be announced)
(Tentative Agenda: AM for the task forces,
1 PM for the working group)
December 3, 1996 (Washington, DC locations to be announced)
The LNPA Selection Working Group meeting ended at approximately 1
PM.
If you have any comments on these meeting notes or questions about ongoing LNPA Selection Working Group and Task Force activities, please convey them to Woody Kerkeslager and
Terry Appenzeller.
Attachment: Nominated members & others in attendance at the
November 8, 1996 Meeting
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COMPANY/ORG NAME PHONE
FAX EMAIL
NANC Chairperson Alan Hasselwander 716-624-2670
716-624-1919
Airtouch/CTIA Kim Mahoney 415-658-5166
415-658-5209
Ameritech Terry Appenzeller 847-248-4450
847-248-3198
Andersen Consulting David Niklaus 703-893-3325
703-893-9782 David C. Niklaus@ac.com
AT&T Bonnie Baca 908-457-1681
908-457-1456 baca@attmail.com
AT&T Karen Weis 908-221-4730
908-221-4628 weis@attmail.com
AT&T Ellwood Kerkeslager 908-221-3805
908-221-8484 ekerkeslager@attmail.com
Bell Atlantic Renie Spriggs 703-974-4507
703-974-1187 renie.c.spriggs@bell-atl.com
BellSouth Bill Shaughnessy, Jr.404-420-8376
404-885-9920 bill.shaughnessy1@bridge.bst.bls.com
BellSouth Wireless Ken Buchanan 404-249-5331
404-249-5157 buchanan.ken@bwi.bls.com
Bellcore Michael Queenan 908-699-7001
mqueenan@notes.cc.bellocre.com
Bellcore Ian Lifchus 908-758-2466
908-758-4343 ilifchus@notes.cc.bellcore.com
Blumenfeld & Cohen Michael Specht 202-955-6300
202-955-6460 mspecht@nicom.com
California PUC Natalie Billingsley 415-703-1368
415-703-1981 nxb@primeu.cpuc.ca.gov
California PUC Richard Fish 415-703-1368
415-703-1981 rhh@cpuc.ca.gov
California PUC Risa Hernandez 415-703-5331
415-703-2200
Frontier David Keech 716-777-6932
716-325-1355
FCC Marian Gordon 202-418-2337
202-418-2345 mgordon@fcc.gov
FCC Les Selzer 202-418-7278
202-418-2345 lselzer@fcc.gov
FCC Mindy Littell 202-418-1394
202-418-1413 mlittell@fcc.gov
FCC Scott Shefferman 202-418-2332
202-418-2345 ssheffer@fcc.gov
FCC Neil Fried 202-418-1865
nfried@fcc.gov
FCC Susan McMaster 202-418-1759
smcmaste@fcc.gov
Florida PSC Stan Greer 904-413-6562
904-413-6563
GTE Bob Angevine 972-718-3606
972-718-4389
GTE Mobilnet Bill Reimen 703-391-1716
703-395-8505 wreimer@mobilnet.ge.com
Interstate Fibernet(IFN)Steven Brownworth706-645-8555
706-645-8989 sbworth@itchold.com
Lockheed Martin Larry Vagnoni 202-414-3524
202-408-5922
Lucent Doug Rollender 201-386-4560
201-386-4555 rollender@lucent.com
Maryland PUC Geoffrey Waldan 410-767-8104
410-333-0884 gwaldan@psc.state
Mitretek Systems Dave Weitzel 703-610-2970
703-610-2810 dweitzel@mitretek.org
Mitretek Systems Robert Fulton 703-610-2995
703-610-2810
MCI Beth Kistner 314-991-8189
314-991-8192 e.kistner@mcimail.com
MFS Scott Lewis 630-203-7061
630-203-0569 lewis.scot@mfst.com
MFS Anne LaLena 703-506-2060
703-827-7246
NECA Robert Haga 202-663-9064
202-663-9065 rhaga@neca.org
Network Solutions Joes Santiago 703-742-4806
703-742-8497 joses@netsol.com
Nextel Rob Chimsky 206-226-3851
510-599-2373
Nortel Mike Sutter 716-432-2689
716-654-2700
NYNEX Cas Skrzypczak 212-395-1054
212-597-2589 cas@nynexst.com
NYNEX James Castagna 212-395-5379
212-819-0623 notes.jcastagn@nynex.com
NYNEX Frank Saletel 212-285-7340
917-965-0117 notes.fsaletel@nynex.com
Ohio PUC Scott Potter 614-752-9072
614-752-8353 scott.potter@ohio.gov
PACE/COMPTEL David Malfara 412-836-5800
412-836-5846 dmalfara@pacecom.net
Pacific Bell Sally Swan 510-823-3705
510-806-9128 sdswan@pacbell.com
Perot Systems Tim McCleary 719-599-3800
719-599-9157 tim.mccleary@ps.net
Puerto Rico Tel Co Roberto A. Correa 787-749-2940
787-782-3386
SBC Gary Fleming 405-291-1991
314-235-5027
SBC Frank Meeks 314-235-6021
314-235-7815 fm1271@rapal.sbc.com
SBC Bob Schaefer 314-235-0031
Selectronics Daniel Owen 802-496-8322
802-496-8209
Sprint Hoke Knox 913-624-3658
913-624-2742 hoke.knox.eando@igate.sprint.com
Sprint Larry Grisham 816-559-5054
816-559-5093
Stentor Rich Leroux 613-781-2763
613-781-0051 lerouxro@stentor.com
Tel. de Puerto Rico Roberto Correa 787-749-2940
787-782-3386
Teleport Com. Group Ed Gould 718-355-2424
718-355-4596
Time Warner Sue Weiske 303-799-5519
303-799-5591 sue.weiske@twcable.com
Time Warner Paul McDaniel 303-799-5724
303-799-3349 paul.mcdaniel@twcable.com
Times Warner Barbara Adams 303-705-1810
303-705-1814 barbara.adams@twcable.com
Time Warner Sanford White 303-705-1801
303-705-1814 sanford.white@twcable.com
Time Warner/NCTA Dan Engelman 303-799-3302
303-799-5681 dan.engleman@twcable.com
USTA Paul Hart 202-326-7291
202-326-7333 pkhart@usta.org
USTA Dennis Byrne 202-326-7296
202-326-7333 dbyrne@usta.org
Waitsfield Telecom Daniel Owen 802-496-8322
802-496-8209 dowen@wcut.com