FCC Announces 2-Step Move to New NORS Platform, Starting With 3 Carriers
Industry "cutovers" to a new network outage reporting system (NORS) platform will occur in two steps, with CenturyLink, T-Mobile and Verizon to move to a new production system Wednesday, and other covered communications providers to migrate by the end of…
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September, said an FCC public notice (DA 16-985) Monday. "When a company is moved to the new production system, the company’s NORS users will be required to file all outage reports using the new platform and will not be permitted to use the current platform. Before a company is moved to the new platform, NORS users from that company should continue to make all required filings under Part 4 in the current version of the NORS system," the PN said. It said the remaining companies will be migrated in the second step, to be "completed as soon as possible, but no later than" Sept. 30. "The current NORS platform will not be available for filing of formal NORS reports after the completion of the second step," it said. Covered communications companies include wireline and wireless telcos, cable telephony and other interconnected VoIP providers, satellite telecom providers and Signaling System 7 providers.