Meeting Logistics

Meeting Logistics Thursday, June 7, 2012 Dial in: +978.964.0049 (U.S. Phone Number) 4:00 PM (Central Time; USA) Code: 1620716#

2012 Annual Meeting of IFAST LTD Agenda

1) Member Roll Call / Attendee Check-in Secretariat Aeris; Syed Hosain (present in room) 2) Non-Member Check-in Numerex: Randy Messingill Com Flow Resources: Gary Pellegrino (present in room) 3) Call to Order and Opening Comments Chairman 4) Reports: a) The Secretariat’s covered all items in section 4) a). No questions were asked i) Review Membership Requirements/New Applications: No Applications ii) Review updates to code Assignment Guidelines; see updated Guidelines under separate posting on the website. iii) Need for Current Contact Information: Reviewed iv) Invoicing: Reviewed (1) Net 30 Payment Requirement (2) Banking Information (3) Averaging Multiple SID and IRM Expiration Dates v) Collections: Reviewed (1) Code Reclamation Procedure (2) IFAST Delinquent List: List was read. Contact the Secretariat for more information. b) IRM / SID Administrator: See attached IRM/SID Administrators Report. i) IRM and SID Usage and Conflict Resolution ii) Database and Related Web Development c) Identify and document North American MIN ranges in use by non North American carriers d) Global SID Management 5) New Business a) Abiding to the Spirit of International Cooperation: See Attachment 1 below. b) Member and Non-Member Presentations: None c) Issues / Comments from the floor: None 6) Summary of action item and agreements 7) Closing Remarks / Adjournment Chairman ATTACHMENT 1

A Message from the IFAST Chairman:

IFAST is a not-for-profit, United States based corporation that provides services to telecommunication operators worldwide by managing finite numbering resources, i.e. IRM and SID codes. The management procedures for IFAST are specified in guidelines which were developed by the consensus of representatives of entities within the ANSI-41 based international wireless sector and international wireless networks in which intersystem operations for roaming and handoff are based on versions of ANSI- 41.The guidelines are reviewed and updated periodically through online review or at IFAST annual meetings, open to all operators using or having an interest in ANSI-41 based mobile systems. The proper management of IFAST resources is dependent on operators abiding by the open and fair assignment principles expressed in the IRM and SID Assignment Guidelines. When operators fail to observe and conform to these principles, conflicts and other interoperability issues emerge. IFAST publishes bi-monthly reports listing the current and pending status on codes that are being reclaimed from and assigned to various operators. These reports are intended to alert operators who are then expected to comment on any potential conflict or other interoperability issue that would arise should the assignment be completed. When an operator fails to notify IFAST of an impending conflict, a potentially serious international roaming conflict results and the entire IFAST community is jeopardized. When a conflict is identified, IFAST will undertake all efforts to resolve the issue (s) by working with the affected operators, offering technical solutions, code replacements, etc. IFAST believes it is incumbent on those affected/responsible operators to reciprocate and help work toward a timely resolution. Anything short of this level of cooperation is considered an infringement of the international agreements and goodwill agreed to by all IFAST operators.

Syed Zaeem Hosain IFAST, Chairman IRM/SID Administrator’s Report

Cellular Networking Perspectives Ltd. 2636 Toronto Crescent NW Calgary, AB T2N 3W1 Canada Phone: +1-403-289-6609 Fax: +1-403-206-7717 E-Mail: [email protected] Contact: David Crowe Date June 7th 2012 Destination IFAST Abstract A summary of the status of IRM and SID administration. The priorities for IRM/SID administration currently are:  Resolution of the Korea/China IRM conflict.  Bringing all US carriers under IFAST SID management.  Real-time website querying of IRM and SID codes. Recommendation For the information of IFAST members. Database

 The ‘IFAST-Central’ database continues to be enhanced. Significant changes over the past few months include:  Making invoice generation faster.  Make it possible to change company names without losing connections with invoices.  Various bug fixes.  Web pages are produced for IRM and SID assignments bi-weekly (when there are changes).  With a new IFAST server it will be possible to implement real-time IRM and SID reporting (i.e. directly from the database instead of static files produced bi- weekly). IRM Utilization

IRM utilization continues to climb slowly, with occasional dips. Virtually all codes assigned now are for cdma2000 (including cdma2000-compatible satellite systems). Trends from 2005 to 2012 indicate that the IRM resource should last the expected lifespan of cdma2000, another 10-20 years. A dramatic expansion of M2M systems using cdma2000 could, however, produce problems requiring either expansion of the IRM numbering space (from the MBI administration space) or by migration to true IMSI.

Date IRM Codes Used Percentage Used June, 2012 2163 60% July, 2011 2149 60% June, 2010 2221 62% July, 2009 1953 54% July, 2008 2093 58% July, 2007 1980 55% July, 2006 2016 56% June, 2005 1801 50% September, 2004 1397 39% March, 2004 1333 37% IRM Expansion from 2000 to 3600 MNIs March, 2004 1333 67% August, 2003 1318 66% September, 2002 1174 59% October, 2001 1138 57% October, 2000 1126 56% IRM Status

The payment status of IRM codes is extremely good due to the efforts of the IFAST secretariat. The acquisition of technology and/or frequency information is almost complete.

IRM Status Number (%) of Codes Paid 2106 (97%) Dormant (12-18 months 0 unpaid) Being Reclaimed (6-12 0 months) Owing (0-6 months unpaid) 43 (2%) Assigned with technology and 2119 (98%) frequency information Assigned using expanded IRM 490 (23%) Usage (xxx[01]+6D) Conflicts

A serious conflict between SK Telecom in Korea and China Telecom, potentially involving millions of phones, is being worked. SK Telecom inherited codes from KTF but when KTF returned all their codes IFAST was not informed. China Telecom is the authorized assignee. Returned Codes

Official letters have been received returning IRM network identifiers from the following carriers:  March, 2012 – Bayantel, Philippines – 2 IRMs – No outbound roaming.  February, 2012 – ICETEL, Costa Rica – 1 IRM – TDMA terminated. Guidelines

IRM guidelines are in the process of being modified to clarify assignee responsibilities for returning codes and monitoring assignments. SID Issues

IFAST involvement in SID assignment continues to increase:  There are now 1,498 US SID codes in the database, including 3 in a new SID range set aside for new frequency band licensees. Most of the remaining are cellular, with some PCS. Date SIDS in database IFAST administers % IFAST March, 2011 1,833 153 8% June, 2011 2,935 244 8% July, 2011 5,615 512 9% August, 2011 5,639 859 15% September, 2011 5,640 944 17% October, 2011 5,641 945 17% November, 2011 5,641 945 17% December, 2011 5,645 945 17% January, 2012 5,641 945 17% February, 2012 5,643 942 17% March, 2012 5,644 943 17% April, 2012 5,645 944 17% May, 2012 5,653 952 17% June, 2012 5,653 936 17%

 IFAST acts as administrator for: Country Assigned IFAST SID Codes Angola 1 Antigua & Barbuda 1 Belize 1 Czech Republic 1 Dominica 1 Estonia 1 Finland 1 Grenada 1 Haiti 1 Honduras 1 Hong Kong 1 Indonesia 5 Satellite and International 14 Iraq 2 Macau 2 Mauritania 1 Moldova 1 Mongolia 2 Mozambique 1 Nigeria 3 Norway 1 Philippines 1 Saint Kitts & Nevis 1 Saint Lucia 1 South Africa 1 Tanzania 2 Turks & Caicos 2 Uganda 1 Ukraine 3 USA Remaining codes