Welcome to the Numbering Resources Page. The Commission’s numbering policies are designed to ensure the efficient and effective use of telephone numbers for the provision of telecommunications services. The Commission works closely with the North American Numbering Council, the Commission’s federal advisory committee on numbering issues, state commissions, and industry groups to achieve effective numbering resource management. The Commission has sought to optimize the use of numbering resources by: (1) minimizing negative impact on consumers of premature area code exhaust; (2) ensuring access to numbering resources for all service providers; (3) extending the life of the NANP; (4) imposing the least societal cost possible, and ensuring competitive neutrality; (5) minimizing incentives for carriers to carry excessively large inventories of numbers. Some of the measures used by the Commission include: area code relief; thousands-block number pooling; and local number portability.

12/13/06
PUBLIC NOTICE: Pleading Cycle established for Comments on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Emergency Request for the permanent reassignment of Five Toll-Free Prevention Numbers. CC Docket No. 95-155. DA 06-2507. Comments Due: 12/20/06
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11/09/06
ORDER: Numbering Resource Optimization Petition for Delegated Authority by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Petition of the New York State Department of Public Service for Mandatory Pooling Petition of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. This Order grants a petition filed by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (New Mexico PRC), and grants in part petitions filed by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (Ohio Commission), the New State Department of Public Services. WC Docket 99-200. DA 06-2299.
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11/02/06
PUBLIC NOTICE: FCC Announces releases of New Emergency Service Query Keys (ESQK) Web-Based System. DA 06-2272.
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8/31/06
ORDER: Wireline Competition Bureau grants the request of the Red Cross and permanently assigns 1-800-RED-CROSS and 1-888-RED-CROSS to that organization. CC Docket 95-155. 06-1750.
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7/19/06
PUBLIC NOTICE: Request of American National Red Cross for Permanent Assignment of Toll Free Number or Extension of Emergency Number Assignment. Streamlined Cycle Established. Comments Due: 07/31/06. Replies Due: 08/07/06. CC Docket 95-155. 06-1461.
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5/09/06
PUBLIC NOTICE: Proposed North American Numbering Administration Plan Fund size estimate and Contribution Factor for July 2005 through June 2006. CC Dkt. No. 92-237. DA 05-1565
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4/17/06
PUBLIC NOTICE: Notice of Request for Access to Carrier Data filed in the Numbering Resource Utilization and Forecast Reports (NRUF). Pleading Cycle Established. Comments Due: 04/27/06. CC Docket 95-116 & 99-200. DA 06-854.
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