FCC Selects NeuStar To Manage NANPA

Communications Today, July 16, 2003

The Federal Communications Commission has selected NeuStar Inc., a neutral third party provider of mission-critical clearinghouse services, to manage the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA). Effective July 9, 2003, NeuStar assumed its second term as the NANPA. The company was awarded a one-year contract with four one-year options to be exercised at the discretion of the FCC.

NeuStar has administered this national public resource since 1997. In this role, the company manages virtually all responsibilities of NANPA, including code administration, area code exhaust forecasting and relief planning, and the collection and reporting of telephone number utilization and forecast data. NANPA also oversees the assignment of area codes, three-digit central office codes, carrier identification codes, and other numbering resources throughout the United States, Canada, Bermuda and 16 Caribbean countries.

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