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FCC 52.19
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 52.19 Area code relief.
(a) State commissions may resolve matters involving the introduction of new
area codes within their states. Such matters may include, but are not
limited to: Directing whether area code relief will take the form of a
geographic split, an overlay area code, or a boundary realignment;
establishing new area code boundaries; establishing necessary dates for the
implementation of area code relief plans; and directing public education
efforts regarding area code changes.
(b) State commissions may perform any or all functions related to initiation
and development of area code relief plans, so long as they act consistently
with the guidelines enumerated in this part, and subject to paragraph (b)(2)
of this section. For the purposes of this paragraph, initiation and
development of area code relief planning encompasses all functions related
to the implementation of new area codes that were performed by central
office code administrators prior to February 8, 1996. Such functions may
include: declaring that the area code relief planning process should begin;
convening and conducting meetings to which the telecommunications industry
and the public are invited on area code relief for a particular area code;
and developing the details of a proposed area code relief plan or plans.
(1) The entity or entities designated by the Commission to serve as central
office code administrator(s) shall initiate and develop area code relief
plans for each area code in each state that has not notified such entity or
entities, pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section, that the state will
handle such functions.
(2) Pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of this section, a state commission must
notify the entity or entities designated by the Commission to serve as
central office code administrator(s) for its state that such state
commission intends to perform matters related to initiation and development
of area code relief planning efforts in its state. Notification shall be
written and shall include a description of the specific functions the state
commission intends to perform. Where the NANP Administrator serves as the
central office code administrator, such notification must be made within 120
days of the selection of the NANP Administrator.
(c) New area codes may be introduced through the use of:
(1) A geographic area code split, which occurs when the geographic area
served by an area code in which there are few or no central office codes
left for assignment is split into two or more geographic parts;
(2) An area code boundary realignment, which occurs when the boundary lines
between two adjacent area codes are shifted to allow the transfer of some
central office codes from an area code for which central office codes remain
unassigned to an area code for which few or no central office codes are left
for assignment; or
(3) An all services area code overlay, which occurs when a new area code is
introduced to serve the same geographic area as one or more existing area
code(s), subject to the following conditions:
(i) No all services area code overlay may be implemented unless all
numbering resources in the new overlay area code are assigned to those
entities requesting assignment on a first-come, first-serve basis,
regardless of the identity of, technology used by, or type of service
provided by that entity, except to the extent that a technology- or
service-specific overlay is authorized by the Commission. No group of
telecommunications carriers shall be excluded from assignment of numbering
resources in the existing area code, or be assigned such resources only from
the all services overlay area code, based solely on that group's provision
of a specific type of telecommunications service or use of a particular
technology; and
(ii) No area code overlay may be implemented unless there exists, at the
time of implementation, mandatory ten-digit dialing for every telephone call
within and between all area codes in the geographic area covered by the
overlay area code.
(4) A technology-specific or service-specific overlay, which occurs when a
new area code is introduced to serve the same geographic area as one or more
existing area code(s) and numbering resources in the new area code overlay
are assigned to a specific technology(ies) or service(s). State commissions
may not implement a technology-specific or service-specific overlay without
express authority from the Commission.
[ 61 FR 47353 , Sept. 6, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 63617 , Nov. 16, 1998; 64 FR 62984 , Nov. 18, 1999; 67 FR 6434 , Feb. 12, 2002]
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Subpart C—Number Portability
Source: 61 FR 38637 , July 25, 1996, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at
61 FR 47353 , Sept. 6, 1996.
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Goto Section: 52.17 | 52.20
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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