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National Thousands Block Number Pooling Services

NANC MeetingMay 17, 2005

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Status of Change Orders

The following Change Orders approved by FCC 1/7/2005 were made available in the Pooling Administration System (PAS) on April 4th:

No. 27 - Extending Forecast Report from 12 to 18 months No. 30 - LERG Assignee Confirmation of Activation in PSTN No. 31 – Expand Query Options for Donation Report No. 32 – Modify Process for Deleting PAS work items No. 33 – Modify Search/Forms View Query No. 36 – Red Light Rule System Modification

No. 35 – Red Light Rule Interim Manual Process had been in progress

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Status of Change Orders, cont’dNew:

No. 40 – submitted April 6th. Addresses the need for an additional Pooling Administrator (PA).

No. 41 – submitted May 4th. Was developed from previous Change Order 24 which was withdrawn. Responds to the NOWG request that the PA obtain reports from the NPAC and perform a one-time scrub of our entire database to reduce the likelihood that carriers will receive over-contaminated blocks, or incorrectly identified contaminated blocks in lieu of pristine blocks. 

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Status of Change Orders, cont’dPending:

No. 37 – from INC Issue 458 – Reduce Aging Period for Returned/Reclaimed Blocks – submitted 12/07/04.

No. 38 – 1 Quarter 2005 Service Provider Suggestions – submitted 01/14/05.

No. 39 – Thousands Block Part 4 Report (combines previous COs 25 and 34) – submitted 02/18/05.

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PAS Assignment Volume2005 Total Assigned Blocks in PAS

Total assigned blocks in PAS as of December 31, 2004 61,118

Total assigned blocks in PAS as of December 31, 200319,322

MONTH TOTAL BLOCKS IN PAS CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS MONTH

January 66,050 8.0%

February 71,792 8.7%

March 76,610 6.7%

April 80,440 5.0%

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Summary of Monthly Reports to FCCThousands Block Pooling Report

March, 2005 Report (data from February 1 through February 28)

April, 2005 Report (data from March 1 through March 31)

Approved

Denied Suspended

TOTAL

Quantity of Applications

7968 611 448 9027

Approved

Denied Suspended

TOTAL

Quantity of Applications

8536 593 711 9840

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Assignment Trends

Initial Blocks Growth Blocks Total Blocks Rank

J anuary 841 4,164 5,005 3February 1,640 4,359 5,999 1March 1,405 4,076 5,481 2April 1,187 3,320 4,507 4Total 5,073 15,919 20,992

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Assignments Trends Cont’d

Part 3s Rank

January 7,101 4February 8,800 2March 9,089 1April 7,627 3Totals 32,617

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Assignments Trends Cont’d

Total Part 3s Blocks Assigned

Approved Denied Suspended Total Total

Block Modifications 5,734 248 2 5,984 ---Block Disconnects 1,821 25 1,846 ---Individual Blocks 18,403 1,367 1 19,771 18,403Block Transfers 806 78 884 ---LRN Blocks 634 193 454 1,281 634Dedicated Blocks 610 53 64 727 610Pool Replenishment Blocks 1,345 185 594 2,124 1,345Totals 29,353 2,149 1,115 32,617 20,992

Total Part 3s

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Summary of Reports, cont’d.

System Performance Report

March, 2005 Report (data from February 1 through February 28)

Percent availability: 100Hours/Minutes of Availability: 672 hoursNumber of instances of unavailability: 0

April, 2005 Report (data from March 1 through March 31)

Percent availability: 100Hours/Minutes of Availability: 744Number of instances of unavailability: 0

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Other PA Activities of Interest Annual Report

Sent to FCC on March 31.

Available for download from the PA website.

Complaint Block believed donated in 2002 (state trial) assigned to a SP.

Customers were put out of service.

Responded to FCC and Complainant on 4/8.

NOWG Operational Review Operational review conducted in Concord, CA office April 12-14. Responded to two sets of follow-up questions from NOWG. FCC Contracting Officer approved posting monthly thousands block

pooling data report to the website. Will be available on the 15th of each month (or the first business day following the 15th.