North American Numbering Council Billing

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North American Numbering CouncilBilling
Collection Working Group
DRAFT November 30, 2006 Co-Chairs Rosemary
Emmer, Sprint NextelJim Castagna, Verizon
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Mission Statement / Area of Responsibility

• The NANCs Billing and Collection Agent Oversight
  Working Group (BC WG) is responsible for
  overseeing the performance of the functional
  requirements provided by the NANP Billing and
  Collection Agent (BC Agent).
• The BC WG will investigate/review the
  performance of the BC Agent and submit reports
  at each NANC meeting to fully inform NANC of the
  BC Agents performance with respect to the
  functional requirements.
• At the request of the FCC and/or NANC, the BC WG
  will identify and determine the financial impact,
  feasibility and/or the appropriateness of
  initiatives/activities that may need to be
  included in the budget or use these Funds.

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Oversight Responsibilities

• The WG will participate in the development of the
  budget, contribution factor and payment
  computation monitor the billing, collection, and
  distribution of funds review for completeness
  the BC Agents NANC Reports and Quarterly
  reports used to confirm established procedures
  and records are properly maintained to ensure
  operational integrity and perform an annual
  Performance Evaluation and co-develop corrective
  action plans and other change management
  initiatives as required.

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Primary Activities

• Performance
• Perform an annual performance evaluation.
  Development of any corrective action plans and/or
  performance metrics/monitoring that may be
  necessary during the year or as a result of the
  annual performance evaluation.
• Identify/address any industry or vendor
  concerns with the performance of the functional
  requirements during the year.
• Reports
• Co-develop and track monthly performance
  metrics with BC Agent, including internal
  performance metrics as appropriate. Report
  monthly performance to NANC at bi-monthly NANC
  meetings.
• Co-develop the format and contents of the BC
  Agent NANC report and review with BC Agent prior
  to each NANC to ensure completeness and to
  address any concerns.

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Fund Size and Contribution Factor

• Fund Size
• Participate in arriving at the Budget and Fund
  Size to ensure sufficient funds for anticipated
  disbursements by the BC Agent.
• Contribution Factor
• Coordinate and manage the development and
  review/approval process for the formula and
  calculation of the contribution factor. Review
  the draft filing prepared by the BC Agent, which
  must be filed and approved by the FCC.

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2006/07 NANP Budget Contribution Factor

• Recap
• May 1 filing specified 0.00021 instead of 0.00020
  due to two unanticipated vendor payments of
  approx. 245k per PA contract terms.
• Going forward, Welch and the vendor will exchange
  billing information at the time a request is made
  from the vendor to the FCC to avoid future
  unanticipated disbursements.
• The FCC acted expeditiously in approving the
  contribution factor (approved May 9th).
• Welch was able to meet the targeted billing date
  of June 15th.

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Current Activity

• Bimonthly meetings with BC Agent to review
  reports.
• Preparing to initiate 3Q05 2Q06 performance
  evaluation.
• Request for new co-chair nominations
• Initiated discussions regarding P-ANI
  Administration Cost Recovery work item referred
  to the BCWG by the P-ANI IMG

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Current Activity

• Proposed Co-Chair Election Schedule
• Nominations will be accepted for both co-chair
  roles
• One year period
• Two year period
• Send nominations via e-mail to Rosemary and Jim
  from November 30th through December 6th
• Rosemary and Jim to send via e-mail to the BCWG
  the nomination list on December 7th
• Carriers to vote via e-mail to Tim Decker
  (timothy.decker_at_verizon.com) from December 7th
  through December 11th
• Announcement of the new co-chairs will take place
  on the December 12th conference call

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BC WG Membership

• ATT
• Bell South
• Bell Canada
• Cox
• CTIA
• Sprint Nextel
• Qwest
• Verizon

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Future Meetings

• Tuesday, December 12
• Standing Meetings Week Prior to NANC Meeting
  with Welch and Co.