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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974). |
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FCC Addresses Number Portability Implementation Issues (CC Docket No. 95-116) |
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The Commission has released a Second Report and Order addressing various long-term number portability implementation issues. The Order adopts, with minor modifications, recommendations submitted to the Commission by the North American Numbering Council (NANC). The NANC's recommendations reflect significant, unified efforts by all segments of the telecommunications industry. By adopting these recommendations, the Commission intends to give carriers clear guidelines on long-term number portability implementation before the first phase of number portability deployment begins on October 1, 1997. The provision of number portability is one of the obligations that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 imposes on all local exchange carriers in order to foster a pro-competitive, deregulatory national policy framework. Congress recognized that number portability will lower barriers to entry and promote competition in the local exchange marketplace by enabling customers to switch to a new local service provider without having to change their telephone numbers. Number portability permits consumers to select a local telephone company based on service, quality, and price, rather than on a desire to keep a particular telephone number. Among the actions taken in the Order released today:
Action by the Commission August 14, 1997 by Second Report and Order (FCC 97-289). Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello and Ness and Chong. News media contact: Rochelle Cohen at (202) 418-0253. Common Carrier Bureau contact: Steven Teplitz at (202) 418-2692. |