Pooling Administrator Report to the NANC s1

Report of the National Thousands Block Pooling Administrator February 13, 2007 Amy L. Putnam, Director

1) Pooling Administration (PA) Activity Report – pages 2-4 2) Status of Change Orders – page 5 3) Pooling Administration System (PAS) Performance Report – page 6 4) Other PA Activities – pages 7-10 Pooling Administration (PA) Activity Report February 2006 through January 2007

PA Activity Summary Data

Blocks PAS & Manual Denials-Red Light Donations Assigned Part 3s Rule February 2006 5752 10001 17 548 March 2006 5118 10150 6 1530 April 2006 3716 7588 8 1580 May 2006 4603 9501 12 879 June 2006 4631 15737 6 675 July 2006 3622 9590 5 353 August 2006 8623 17778 5 752 September 2006 5350 9319 60 934 October 2006 5031 8831 90 779 November 2006 4583 10826 23 647 December 2006 4144 7205 11 659 January 2007 4831 7732 3 545

2 Pooling Administration (PA) Activity Report, continued February 2006 through January 2007 Part 3 Summary Data PAS MANUAL TOTAL Approved 108,371 3,134 111,505 Denied 7,578 774 8,352 Suspended 3,192 1,209 4,401 Totals 119,141 5,117 124,258

Part 3 Summary Data Sorted By Type

Approved Denied Suspended Total Block Modifications 39,614 1,096 0 41,710 Block Disconnects 8,146 332 0 8,478 Individual Blocks 51,438 4,825 0 56,263 Block Transfers 607 46 0 653 LRN Blocks 1,650 494 892 3,036 Dedicated Blocks 1,443 86 162 1,691 Pool Replenishment Blocks 5,473 699 2,138 8,310 Manual 3,134 774 1,209 5,117 Totals 111,505 8,352 4,401 124,258

Pooling Administration (PA) Activity Report, continued February 2006 through January 2007

CO Codes Opened Purpos Total e LRN 847 Dedicated Customer 142 Pool Replenishment 2041 TOTAL 3030 3 Rate Centers Changed from M* to M: 87

4 Status of Change Orders Submitted: NUMBER: DESCRIPTION DATE SUBMITTED 49 INC Issue 523: Pooled Blocks Pending Verification of LERG Assignee Responsibilities 12/15/06 50 INC Issue 527: Block Effective Date Earlier than Effective Date of LRN 12/15/06 51 INC Issue 506: Update TBPAG Appendix 2 Regarding Unusable Blocks 1/25/07

Approved: NUMBER: DESCRIPTION DATE APPROVED 44 INC Issue 486: Contaminated or Pristine Assigned Block Returns 12/21/06 47 INC Issue 516: Changes to Part 4 Form 12/21/06 Contract Modification 25 49 INC Issue 523: Pooled Blocks Pending Verification of LERG Assignee Responsibilities 01/25/07 50 INC Issue 527: Block Effective Date Earlier than Effective Date of LRN 01/25/07 Contract Modification 26 Pending: NUMBER: DESCRIPTION DATE SUBMITTED 48 Interim Routing Number Authority Administrator/p-ANI Administration 10/13/06

Withdrawn: NUMBER: DESCRIPTION DATE WITHDRAWN 45 PAS User Suggestions from 2004 NOWG Survey 12/21/06

Pooling Administration System (PAS) Performance February 2006 – January 2007

Reporting Period Percent Scheduled Hours/Minutes Availability Instances of Availability Unscheduled Unavailability 02/01/06 – 02/28/06 100 672 hours 0

03/01/06 – 03/31/06 100 744 hours 0

5 04/01/06 – 04/30/06 100 720 hours 0

05/01/06 – 05/31/06 100 744 hours 0

06/01/06 – 06/30/06 100 720 hours 0

07/01/06 – 07/31/06 100 744 hours 0

08/01/06 – 08/31/06 100 744 hours 0

09/01/06 – 09/30/06 100 720 hours 0

10/01/06 – 10/31/06 100 744 hours 0

11/01/06 – 11/30/06 100 720 hours 0

12/01/06 – 12/31/06 100 744 hours 0

01/01/07 – 01/31/07 100 744 hours 0

OTHER PA ACTIVITIES

 National PA Contract Status  Second contract extension ends February 14, 2007, with two one-month extensions available to be exercised at the option of the FCC.  One month extension granted - Contract extended through March 14, 2007  NOWG 2006 Performance Evaluation  Posted the annual performance survey to the PA website on January 2.  Sent email with performance evaluation documents and completion information to Pooling Administration System (PAS) distribution and state regulators on January 2.  Sent email reminder to PAS distribution and state regulators on February 2. 6  Delegated Authority Petition Update  Update on implementation of February 24 order DA 06-14:

 Oklahoma . Corporation Commission of Oklahoma approved withdrawal of the August, 2006 staff petition to implement additional mandatory pooling on January 25.

 Missouri . Rulemaking will be effective March 30, 2007.

7  West Virginia –

. Implementation of the change in pooling status designation for all optional rate areas to mandatory resulting from the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (WV Commission) September 14, 2006, order in Case No. 00-0953-T-PC is scheduled for April 9, 2007. . The WV Commission issued a subsequent order in this docket on December 18, 2006 ordering the implementation of mandatory thousands block number pooling in excluded rate centers. . PA filed a letter on January 5, 2007 in response to questions raised in the December 18, 2006 order. . The WV Commission then issued another order on December 22, 2006 that rescinded only the portion of the December 18 order requiring that excluded rate areas be changed to mandatory as the result of a request from a rural carrier to appeal the order.

 Update on implementation of order November 9 order - DA 06-2299:

 Ohio . Supplemental Implementation Meeting (SIM) was held on January 9, 2007 for the 740 and 937 NPAs. The start date for the mandatory designation to become effective for all optional and excluded rate areas is May 28, 2007.

8  Washington . Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued in Docket UT-060012 a NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO FILE WRITTEN COMMENTS by January 10, 2007 AND OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ORAL COMMENTS on January 24, 2007. . The Commission met on January 24, 2007 and the PA commented on the process for changing the status designation of all rate centers currently marked as optional or excluded to mandatory pooling in the 360 NPA effective July 31, 2007. The PA also responded to questions about the ability to include changes to optional and excluded rate areas in the 509 NPA by July 31, 2007. . The Commission approved an order to change the designations in the optional and excluded rate areas in the 360 NPA and the PA is proceeding with the implementation process.  Pending petition:

 The Kentucky petition filed with the FCC on October 10, 2006 was put out for comment. Comments are due February 12, 2007 and reply comments are due February 27, 2007.  Interim Routing Number Authority Administration (IRNA)  There have been five (5) registrations received as of January 31st, of which four (4) were approved and one (1) was denied.  No requests for ESQKs have been received as of January 31st.  We have been working with the INC on developing the permanent p-ANI guidelines.

9 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin 07-01 o Four (4) Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) names changed o No MSAs changed in the Top 100 o We completed all name changes to the pooling area files

Old MSA New MSA NPA RCs Affected Greenville, SC MSA Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC MSA 864 30 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA 501 36 870 4 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN MSA Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN MSA 615 47 931 10 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL MSA Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA 305/786 5 561 7 754/954 5 786 4 863 1

 Annual Report on target for March 31 to FCC and will be posted to website