Vonage expects that any trial giving it access...
Vonage expects that any trial giving it access to numbers would be “narrowly limited” to ensure there’s no access to numbers “in markets other than those where numbers are available indirectly through CLECs today,” it told an aide to FCC…
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Chairman Julius Genachowski Monday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/11e1Dt1). “Vonage seeks a waiver to permit it to access numbers directly rather than indirectly, not to expand the universe of numbers to which Vonage has access today,” the company said. Vonage also said it would be “reasonable” for the FCC to condition a waiver on the recipient’s getting direct access to numbers only in rate centers where the waiver recipient, and others that access numbers indirectly, would have access to numbers through numbering partners. Vonage said its telephone meeting with the Genachowski aide was exempt from Sunshine period rules because it was “requested” for the “clarification or adduction of evidence, or for resolution of issues” in the proceeding. The commission is scheduled to vote on an order Thursday that could give VoIP providers direct access to numbers for a one-year trial period (CD April 8 p1).