NANPA recently added Planning Letter 395 to its site, outlining the 579 NPA overlay for Quebec area code 450. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) designated a relief date of 8/21/10 for implementation of this distributed overlay. The service area for NPA 450 (and new 579) includes Quebec communities of Joliette, Granby, St-Hyacinthe, St-Jérôme, St-Lambert, Longueuil, Valleyfield, Ste-Thérèse, Sorel, Boucherville, Chomedey, St-Jean, Pont-Viau, and Laval-Ouest.
No dialing plan changes will occur when the new 579 NPA is implemented. The dialing plan was outlined in the 395 Planning Letter as: "all local calls including Extended Area Service calls will be dialed with 10 digits; toll and alternatively billed calls will be dialed with 10 digits after the appropriate prefix digit(s)".
In preparation for the 8/21/10 579 NPA activation:
~ 2/21/10 is set as the date service providers may begin assigning NXX Codes within the 579 NPA
~ 6/19/10 will be the start of network testing, by which time all international and domestic service providers should have ensured the new 579 NPA is activated system wide
For a list of test numbers or more information regarding the new 579 NPA overlay, visit http://www.nanpa.com.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Relief Planned for NPA 500
The Industry Numbering Committee (INC) has agreed that the 533 NPA will be used to relieve the 500 NPA, which is forecasted to exhaust in second quarter 2009.
The 500 NPA is a "non-geographic Service Access Code (SAC) used for personal communications services." According to the Personal Communications Services (PCS) (5YY) NXX Code Guidelines, "personal communication service is a set of capabilities that allows some combination of personal mobility, terminal mobility, and service profile management. It enables each personal communication service user to participate in a user-defined set of subscribed services, and to initiate and/or receive calls on the basis of some combination of a personal number, terminal number, and a service profile across multiple networks at any terminal, fixed or mobile, irrespective of geographic location."
While the activation date for NPA 533 has yet to be determined, further details regarding this relief plan may be found in Planning Letter 394 (which supersedes Planning Letter 382), at http://www.nanpa.com/.
The 500 NPA is a "non-geographic Service Access Code (SAC) used for personal communications services." According to the Personal Communications Services (PCS) (5YY) NXX Code Guidelines, "personal communication service is a set of capabilities that allows some combination of personal mobility, terminal mobility, and service profile management. It enables each personal communication service user to participate in a user-defined set of subscribed services, and to initiate and/or receive calls on the basis of some combination of a personal number, terminal number, and a service profile across multiple networks at any terminal, fixed or mobile, irrespective of geographic location."
While the activation date for NPA 533 has yet to be determined, further details regarding this relief plan may be found in Planning Letter 394 (which supersedes Planning Letter 382), at http://www.nanpa.com/.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Illinois Overlay
In 1999, an all-services overlay was approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) as the relief method for the 312 and 773 NPAs. Ten years later, implementation of NPA 872 is finally getting underway.
Relief Plan Timeline:
~ 08/7/09 -- Start of permissive 1+10-digit dialing
~ 11/7/09 -- End of permissive dialing and start of mandatory 1+10-digit dialing and earliest 872 NPA central office code activation date
The relief plan calls for mandatory 1+10 digit dialing for all direct dialed calls from NPAs in the overlay area. Permissive dialing allows subscribers to dial local calls within the overlay area on either a 7-digit or 1 plus 10-digit basis, with the 1 plus 10-digits being encouraged to prepare customers for the mandatory dialing requirement. Additionally, carriers are strongly encouraged to prepare their switches to begin sending 10 digits prior to the mandatory 1 plus 10-digit dialing customer conversion date.
For more details, please visit www.nanpa.com.
Relief Plan Timeline:
~ 08/7/09 -- Start of permissive 1+10-digit dialing
~ 11/7/09 -- End of permissive dialing and start of mandatory 1+10-digit dialing and earliest 872 NPA central office code activation date
The relief plan calls for mandatory 1+10 digit dialing for all direct dialed calls from NPAs in the overlay area. Permissive dialing allows subscribers to dial local calls within the overlay area on either a 7-digit or 1 plus 10-digit basis, with the 1 plus 10-digits being encouraged to prepare customers for the mandatory dialing requirement. Additionally, carriers are strongly encouraged to prepare their switches to begin sending 10 digits prior to the mandatory 1 plus 10-digit dialing customer conversion date.
For more details, please visit www.nanpa.com.
Nebraska Overlay
The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) recently approved an all services overlay for the 402 NPA, with the new 531 NPA serving the same geographic areas (service cities include Bellevue, Columbus, Fremont, Hastings, Lincoln, Norfolk, Omaha, and Valentine). While there will be a permissive dialing period (where subscribers may dial local calls within the overlay area using either 7- or 10-digits) prior to the mandatory 10-digit dialing, there are no implementation dates established at this time.
NANPA has added the Planning Letter 393 Nebraska to their website, if you would like additional information, please visit www.nanpa.com.
NANPA has added the Planning Letter 393 Nebraska to their website, if you would like additional information, please visit www.nanpa.com.
Telephone Subscriber Report
Three times annually, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updates reported information regarding United States telephone subscribership levels. Using 2009 Census Bureau Current Population Survey (CPS) statistics, the most recent update was just released, and identifies subscriber levels by state, income level, race, age, household size, and employment status.
The statistical summary below was offered in the 8/13/09 FCC Press Release as a sampling of the detail available in the complete report.
"In March 2009:
~~ The telephone subscribership penetration rate in the U.S. was 95.6%, an increase of 0.4% over the rate from March 2008. This is the highest reported rate since the CPS began collecting this data in November 1983.
~~ The telephone penetration rate for households in income categories below $15,000 was at or below 92.7%, while the rate for households in income categories over $40,000 was at least 97.9%.
~~ Among the states, the penetration rates ranged from a low of 92.3% to a high of 98.7%.
~~ Penetration rates ranged from 91.5% for households headed by a person under 25 to at least 96.5% for households headed by a person over 55.
~~ Households with one person had a penetration rate of 93.4%, compared to a rate of 97.0% for households with four or five persons.
~~ The penetration rate for unemployed adults was 94.9%, while the rate for employed adults was 96.6%."
To view or download this report, visit http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/stats.
The statistical summary below was offered in the 8/13/09 FCC Press Release as a sampling of the detail available in the complete report.
"In March 2009:
~~ The telephone subscribership penetration rate in the U.S. was 95.6%, an increase of 0.4% over the rate from March 2008. This is the highest reported rate since the CPS began collecting this data in November 1983.
~~ The telephone penetration rate for households in income categories below $15,000 was at or below 92.7%, while the rate for households in income categories over $40,000 was at least 97.9%.
~~ Among the states, the penetration rates ranged from a low of 92.3% to a high of 98.7%.
~~ Penetration rates ranged from 91.5% for households headed by a person under 25 to at least 96.5% for households headed by a person over 55.
~~ Households with one person had a penetration rate of 93.4%, compared to a rate of 97.0% for households with four or five persons.
~~ The penetration rate for unemployed adults was 94.9%, while the rate for employed adults was 96.6%."
To view or download this report, visit http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/stats.
Friday, August 7, 2009
July Accuracy Stats
The stats are in! And once again in July, Tele-Tech expert researchers and analysts did not make a local calling area error that was found by a customer after delivery. Our 24-month accuracy rate for our local calling data is 99.998%!
While customers sometimes do find errors, we traced the last one back to when it was made, and it was over 2 years ago.
While customers sometimes do find errors, we traced the last one back to when it was made, and it was over 2 years ago.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Helping new business grow…
For a new business, funding startup costs can be quite overwhelming; and, often just having office accommodations and operational support can be the success factor for budding entrepreneurs. Well, as a family business that just transitioned to its second generation, Tele-Tech’s parent company, KFR Services, Inc., decided to take steps to offer assistance to entrepreneurs in our community.
In a less-than-stellar economy, KFR is striving to foster new business growth by offering accommodations and operational support to local start-up companies through an application process. Recognizing that a difficult economy and high unemployment may actually inspire those with an entrepreneurial spirit to venture out and start their own business, KFR is hoping to be able to provide assistance that just may be the success factor to selected entrepreneurs.
To learn more about this program visit http://www.kfrservices.com/
In a less-than-stellar economy, KFR is striving to foster new business growth by offering accommodations and operational support to local start-up companies through an application process. Recognizing that a difficult economy and high unemployment may actually inspire those with an entrepreneurial spirit to venture out and start their own business, KFR is hoping to be able to provide assistance that just may be the success factor to selected entrepreneurs.
To learn more about this program visit http://www.kfrservices.com/
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