Federal Register June 19 Action
Proposed rule.
Summary
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) propose to promote innovation and efficiency by allowing interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to obtain telephone numbers directly from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) and the Pooling Administrator (PA), subject to certain requirements. We anticipate that allowing interconnected VoIP providers to have direct access to numbers will help speed the delivery of innovative services to consumers and businesses, while preserving the integrity of the network and appropriate oversight of telephone number assignments. The accompanying Notice of Inquiry further seeks comment on a range of issues regarding our long-term approach to numbering resources. The relationship between numbers and geography—taken for granted when numbers were first assigned to fixed wireline telephones—is evolving as consumers turn increasingly to mobile and nomadic services. We seek comment on these trends and associated Commission policies.
Dates
Comments are due on or before July 19, 2013. Reply comments are due on or before August 19, 2013.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
RFC :: Direct Access to Phone Number Resources by VoIP Providers ::
FCC Press Release: FCC PROPOSES TO UNLEASH CONSUMER BENEFITS OF ONLINE VOICE
SERVICES BY PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS TO NUMBERS
Seeking Comment On Costs
and Benefits, Including Ensuring Protection of Consumers, Public Safety,
Network Reliability and Numbering System
Washington, D.C. – Working to speed innovation
and competition in communications services, the Federal Communications Commission today proposed to streamline access to telephone numbers for
innovative online providers of phone service.
The proposals continue the ongoing agency-wide
effort to modernize its rules for today’s broadband marketplace, while
promoting competition, protecting consumers and ensuring public safety.
Today, providers of interconnected Voice overInternet Protocol services – a popular type of VoIP service which can place
calls to and receive calls from the traditional phone network as well as over
the Internet – must obtain numbers through traditional telephone companies
acting as a middleman. This can raise
costs and slow introduction of innovative services, such as high-definition
voice.
To determine whether a more streamlined approach
is appropriate in the Internet era, the FCC is seeking comment on whether
interconnected VoIP providers should have direct access to numbers. In addition, the FCC is seeking comment on easing
access for other services that require numbers, such as IP access to emergency
services, home security systems, text messaging services, programmable
appliances and telematics like hands-free cellular modems in automobiles.
To test a number of technical issues related to the
proposals, FCC also launched a limited, six-month trial of direct access to numbers. Vonage and other VoIP providers with pending direct-access
waiver petitions at the Commission will be allowed to test direct access for 5%
or fewer of the numbers they currently access through intermediaries – phased
in over 6 months – and a very limited amount of new numbers. Participants will be required to report
monthly on the progress of the trial, and can be required to return the numbers
if problems arise. In addition, the FCC
granted a limited waiver to TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., which provides
access to E911 services for interconnected VoIP providers.
Looking further ahead, the FCC opened a Notice
of Inquiry asking about the long-term relationship of numbers to geographic
boundaries. The tie between area codes and
geographic regions has been weakened by number portability, especially as mobile
subscribers move away from the area where they obtained the service but
continue using the number. The Inquiry
seeks general comment on these trends and whether changes in Commission
policies are appropriate
Comment Date: (30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register)
Reply Comment Date: (60 after date of publication in the Federal Register)
Docket
No.: 13-97
FCC PROPOSES TO UNLEASH CONSUMER BENEFITS OF ONLINE VOICE SERVICES BY PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS TO NUMBERS. Working to speed innovation and competition in communications services, the Federal Communications Commission proposed to streamline access to telephone numbers for innovative online providers of phone service. News Release. (Dkt No 13-97 ). Adopted: 04/18/2013. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/
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NUMBERING POLICIES FOR MODERN COMMUNICATIONS, IP-ENABLED SERVICES, TELEPHONE NUMBER REQUIREMENTS FOR IP-ENABLED SERVICE PROVIDERS, TELEPHONE NUMBER PORTABILITY, DEVELOPING A UNIFIED INTERCARRIER COMPENSATION REGIME ET AL. FCC Proposes To Unleash Consumer Benefits of Online Voice Services by Providing Direct Access to Numbers. (Dkt No. 13-97 10-90 04-36 01-92 99-200 07-243 95-116 ). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 04/18/2013 by NPRM. (FCC No. 13-51). WCB http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/
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