North American Numbering Council(NANC)

Billing & Collection Working Group

(B&C WG)June 4, 2015

Co-Chairs:

Tim Decker, Verizon

Rosemary Emmer, Sprint Nextel

Mission Statement / Area of Responsibility

• The Billing and Collection Agent Oversight Working Group (B&C WG) was formed by and reports to the North American Numbering Council (NANC) and is responsible for overseeing the performance of the functional requirements provided by the North American Numbering Plan Billing and Collection Agent (B&C Agent).

• The B&C WG will investigate/review the performance of the B&C Agent and submit reports at each NANC meeting to fully inform NANC of the B&C Agent’s performance with respect to the functional requirements.

• The B&C 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.

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Current Activities/Discussion Topics

• Monthly Billing and Collections Oversight

• Monthly Evaluation of Deliverables

• B&C Agent Contract

• Budget/Contribution Factor

• Vendor yearly performance evaluation

• NANC Action Item

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Contract Renewal

The contract expired October 1, 2009. Welch LLP received an extension contract through August, 2015.

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Budget/Contribution Factor

The options provided subsidize the funding requirement by using up all of the surplus fund balance.

 

•Balance to be funded is: $8,013,821

•Anticipated Surplus (at June 30): $1,360,273

•Net US Carrier Contribution requirement: $6,653,548

•This incudes a $500,000 Contingency fund

The estimated revenue base is: $170,915,000,000

The anticipated contribution factor is: 0.0000387

(Note: The NANC approved a contribution factor range via email as a result of the last NANC meeting being cancelled due to weather, and this contribution factor fell in between that range)

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History ofNANP Fund Size and Contribution Factor

               

 

Contribution Factor Per Budget  

Final/Revised # Original

** Total budgeted

expendituresInternational contribution

US contributions Surplus used Surplus kept

July 2014 to June 2015 0.0000365 0.0000365 7,041,527 124,399 6,721,855 319,672 - July 2013 to June 2014 0.0000302 0.0000302 6,442,662 128,592 6,314,070 453,782 - July 2012 to June 2013 0.0000254 0.0000254 6,187,045 94,923 5,139,392 952,730 - July 2011 to June 2012 0.000022 0.000022 5,857,267 94,944 4,620,882 1,141,441 - July 2010 to June 2011 0.0000181 0.0000181 5,497,882 96,439 4,034,718 1,366,725 - July 2009 to June 2010 0.0000107 0.0000107 5,348,089 85,415 2,487,497 2,775,177 - July 2008 to June 2009 0.0000165 0.0000165 5,508,944 82,384 3,895,083 1,531,477 1,198,963 July 2007 to June 2008 0.0000193 0.0000193 6,605,140 84,821 4,530,185 1,990,084 - July 2006 to June 2007 0.000021 0.000021 6,922,608 83,238 4,876,926 1,966,444 - July 2005 to June 2006 0.0000052 0.0000052 6,903,158 84,050 1,127,108 5,692,000 - July 2004 to June 2005 0.000021 0.000021 7,026,013 80,468 4,920,418 2,025,127 4,248,064

July 2003 to June 2004 (revised) 0.000021 0.000036 9,821,530 114,205 4,902,967 4,804,358 4,000,000

** includes contingency allowance# Final Factor reflects "Revised" factor if different from Original

Source: Factors and amounts compiled by Welch LLP

2014 Performance Evaluation

• Developed the evaluation consistent with the monthly deliverable matrix. B&C WG evaluates Welch LLP performance monthly.

• Rating schematic used for performance was Met/Not Met.

• Scheduled conference calls to gain industry consensus on rating and evaluation.

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2014 Performance Evaluation• The B&C WG considered, reviewed and analyzed the following data while compiling

overall evaluation:

• Monthly deliverables matrix overall score

• 2014 team meeting materials (from monthly calls)

• FCC/NANC reports, monthly reports

• Customer Service, processes

• Clean-up of receivables

• B&C WG observations

• Co-chair interaction with Welch LLP

• Contribution Factor and Budget related communication/printed material

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2014 Performance Evaluation

Welch LLP rating for 2014 was “MET”. This rating is defined below:

Met performance requirement (s)

Met requirements in order to be considered successful

Performance was competent and reliable

Decisions and recommendations were within requirements and expectations

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NANC Action Items

Approve Billing and Collection Agent 2014 Performance Evaluation as submitted by B&C WG.

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B&C WG Membership

• AT&T• Cox• Sprint• CenturyLink• Verizon• T-Mobile

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Future Meetings/Contact Information

Contact the Co-Chairs for complete meeting or conference call details

Rosemary.Emmer@sprint.com or Timothy.Decker@verizon.com

B&C WG meeting notes and documents are posted at:

nanc-chair.org

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

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