CTIA Says FCC Should Stand Firm Against ITN Pooling
CTIA weighed in at the FCC against an April filing by the North Dakota Public Service Commission requesting authority to implement a trial of individual telephone number (ITN) pooling in an attempt to avoid relief in the 701 area code.…
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The PSC’s “comments disagree with the findings” and recommendations in a February North American Numbering Council report, which said the “significant technical and operational effort required” means an “ITN pooling trial is just not practical or fiscally responsible” and “there are alternative numbering conservation strategies,” CTIA said, posted Friday in docket 99-200. CTIA urged the FCC “to continue to pursue proven national policies for numbering resource optimization and reject ITN pooling.” The PSC “should begin implementing established conservation measures within its jurisdiction to further delay the need for area code relief planning in North Dakota,” CTIA said.