LNPA Working Group
Status Report to NANC
March 20, 2001

Charles Ryburn, ILEC Co-Chair
Stephen Addicks, CLEC Co-Chair
Brian Egbert, Wireless Co-Chair

Report Items
•	Wireless Number Portability Subcommittee (WNPSC/WOT) Report  (Separate Handout)
•	LNPA Report
-NPAC Release Status
-PIM Report

	    Next Meeting …  April 9 – 12, Portland, ME – Verizon Host
-    NPAC/SMS Release Status

Release 4.0
The NAPM/LLC rejected SOW 26, NPAC release 4.0 in its February meeting.  It was decided that the business needs of the release were not justifiable of the cost.  

	Release 5.0
Working Group continues to work on requirements for change orders that will become part of a “pool” to be negotiated for future NPAC software releases.  NeuStar, LNPA Working Group and NAPM/LLC are currently reviewing the SOW process in hopes to better meet the needs of the industry in software releases. 
-	PIM Report

PIM 1 – Multi-Service Provider (Reseller) Flows

NNPO has dedicated half of day 1 of their meetings to the subteam for this issue.  Next week will be their first meeting for this on Tuesday, 3/20, all afternoon.  NNPO will be working to try to resolve whether option A, where the reseller sends all necessary LSRs, is actually viable.  

PIM 5 – Inadvertent Porting
		
	The LNPA submitted an amended request to NeuStar for a new SOW regarding PIM 5.  At the request of the NAPM/LLC, we added the situation of a port that was supposed to happen, but didn’t.

	The LNPA reviewed NIIF 134 as requested by the NANC.  We sent a letter to the NIIF moderator requesting additional wording to NIIF 134 that will better identify the need for 24X7 coverage by LNP participants.

	A copy of the process design and emergency action form is provided as requested by the NANC.

	NeuStar will speak to their concerns regarding PIM 5.

PIM 6 – NENA request for standard on unlock/migrate transactions during porting

NENA and OBF met by conference call and discussed why the mandatory EUMI is required.  NENA expects OBFs response in the near future.  

PIM 9 - USLEC has explained that carriers will not accept third party trouble tickets, or do not understand LNP          	aspect of the report when trouble ticket was accepted. 

This PIM is referred to the NIIF for resolution. 

PIM 10 - End-User Billing base on LRN rather than called telephone number  

USLEC explained that some companies are rating calls from customers who call ported numbers based on the NPA-NXX of the LRN associated with the dialed number rather than the NPA-NXX of the dialed number. Thus while this at first sounded like a billing system problem, we determined that the error appeared to occur on a switch-by-switch basis. It was pointed out that there is a switch translation that if done incorrectly would cause this problem. The incorrect translation would cause the AMA module to be populated with the LRN rather than the dialed number. USLEC agreed to forward examples directly to each company represented in the LNPA with which their customers have incurred these billing problems.  Each LNP member will investigate internally to make sure switch translations are correct. There was no argument that billing based on an LRN ever is appropriate. This PIM is accepted by the LNPA-WG. 

	

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