NANC OKs Recommendations for Reassigned Numbers Database Fee Mechanisms
The North American Numbering Council approved recommendations from its Numbering Administration Oversight Working Group on mechanisms to set the development cost and user pricing of its reassigned numbers database (RND), at a meeting Thursday. NAOWG found fundamental differences between the…
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database and a federal do not call registry that make the latter an insufficient model for set-up costs and fee structures for the new database, said WG co-chair Robert McCausland, Intrado vice president-regulatory and government affairs. He said NAOWG won't estimate development costs associated with the RND until it completes a vendor bidding process. The WG recommended distinct contribution factors to cover RND startup costs and annual operating costs, to be determined once costs are known. If excess funds are collected from RND users, they should be refunded on an annual basis, McCausland said. One fee model could be based on a tiered, flat-rate payment structure, giving users the option of selecting the next tier up if they reach their usage limit, he added. NAOWG wanted to leave some flexibility in the approach to the winning vendor with oversight from NANC, he said. The FCC is taking comments through Feb. 24 on a technical document on the database (see 2001240056). NANC also announced meetings for the rest of 2020: May 5, July 15, July 28, Sept. 24 and Dec. 3.