Conn. Dept. of Public Utility Control (DPUC) became first state c...
Conn. Dept. of Public Utility Control (DPUC) became first state commission to seek authority for service-specific overlay area code. DPUC took advantage of Dec. FCC numbering policy change that lifted previous ban on service-specific and technology-specific overlay codes and…
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allowed states to petition for such overlays. DPUC said it wanted to implement overlays atop both of state’s area codes, 203 (New Haven) and 860 (Hartford), to be used for wireless and other nongeographic-based services and for services by specialized carriers not capable of providing local number portability. DPUC said service-specific overlay would delay code exhaustion with minimal inconvenience to carriers and public. Agency said its overlay plan would be transitional and could be replaced with all-service overlay once number pooling capability was required of wireless companies and other specialized carriers.