CIC IMG

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CIC IMG

• Presentation to the NANC
• November 29, 2000

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CIC IMG

• The initial meeting of the CIC IMG was held via
  conference call on 11-08-00
• During this meeting, time was spent reviewing FCC
  00-255, a letter from Yog Varma to the NANC, and
  a plan for meeting our objectives
• 11 participants attended the initial call
  representing the following industry participants
• ATT, ATT Wireless, Qwest, Verizon, Worldcom,
  SBC, NANPA, Sprint and USTA

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CIC IMG

• The IMG developed the following list of issues in
  its read of FCC 00-255.
• In the letter from Yog Varma to the NANC,
  questions asked of the NANC seem to vary slightly
  from the Order.
• The IMG requests the NANC to review issues and
  validate the direction being taken by the IMG.
  The IMG requests the NANC determine whether the
  IMG should focus on the letter from Yog to the
  NANC Chair or do we focus on the FCC CIC Order
  items which may contain more or less items than
  the NANC letter

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CIC IMG ISSUESFCC 00-255

• Should switchless resellers obtain and use their
  own CICs to address soft slamming and related
  carrier identification problems
• Address the impacts, both positive and negative,
  of a CIC requirement on the carrier industry
• Estimate the costs associated with deploying and
  loading of CICs in LEC switches
• Identify technical issues associated with the
  deployment of CICs in LEC switches that may be
  realized if CICs are required for resellers.
  (For example, what switch limitations exist that
  limits the number of CICs loaded into specific
  switch technology)
• What impact would CIC assignment to resellers
  have on the projected exhaust of the CIC
  assignment pool.

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Yog Varmas Letter to NANC

• We request the NANC to provide its analysis and
  recommendations as to whether the Commission
  should adopt a requirement that switchless
  resellers obtain and use their own CICs to
  address soft slamming and related carrier
  identification problems.
• Specifically, the NANC should propose measures
  that would increase the effectiveness of such a
  CIC requirement in preventing soft slamming.
• Also, the NANC should address the impacts, both
  positive and negative, of a CIC requirement on
  the carrier industry. For example, the NANC
  should consider the potential financial burdens
  on switchless resellers and any potential
  competitive consequences, as well as whether such
  financial burdens could be mitigated. The NANC
  should consider whether a CIC requirement would
  require LEC switch upgrades, the time and expense
  of such upgrades, and potential ways to minimize
  the burden on LECs.
• The NANC also should consider whether a CIC
  requirement would accelerate exhaustion of the
  four-digit CIC pool and, if so, the degree to
  which it would do so.
• Related to that issue, the NANC should consider
  whether the Commission should eliminate or modify
  its current policy of restricting CIC assignments
  to two CICs per carrier, or take any other
  specific measures to ensure the availability and
  equitable distribution of CICs. We ask that the
  NANC address when this numbering resource is
  likely to exhaust if all switchless resellers are
  required to use CICs.

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CIC IMG

• It was agreed by the IMG that enough facts are
  not currently available to determine whether
  CICs should be required by switchless resellers
• Over the next several months the IMG plans to
  obtain relevant facts associated with each issue
  through participant contribution.
• Once all pertinent facts are gathered by the IMG,
  a consensus recommendation regarding the CIC
  assignment question will be sought

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CIC IMG

• The IMG has targeted delivery of its report for
  the March, 2001 NANC meeting. This will allow
  the NANC 3 meetings to review the report and and
  develop its recommendation to the FCC

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Future Meetings

• Upcoming activities scheduled for the IMG
• Upcoming conference calls
• Thursday, December 7, 2000 200 PM EST
• Friday, December 15, 2000 200 PM EST
• Call in number-877-815-3003 PIN9136761539--All
  are invited to participate