**DA 05-1565**

**June 1, 2005**

**PROPOSED NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN ADMINISTRATION FUND SIZE
ESTIMATE AND CONTRIBUTION FACTOR**

**FOR JULY 2005 THROUGH JUNE 2006**

**CC DOCKET NO. 92-237**

In this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau announces the
proposed North American Numbering Plan (NANP) Administration fund size
estimate and contribution factor for the fiscal year July 1, 2005
through June 30, 2006 (Fiscal Year 2005). If the Commission takes no
action regarding the Fiscal Year 2005 fund size estimate and
contribution factor proposed herein within the 14-day period following
release of this Public Notice, the fund size estimate and the
contribution factor shall be deemed approved by the Commission.

**[Calculating the NANP Administration Fund Size Estimate and
Contribution Factor]{.underline}**

Under section 52.17 of the Commission's rules, all telecommunications
carriers in the United States are required to contribute on a
competitively neutral basis to meet the costs of numbering
administration.[^1] Pursuant to its contract with the Commission and
section 52.16(a) of the Commission's rules, the NANP billing and
collection agent, Welch & Company, LLP (Welch), is responsible for
calculating, assessing, billing, and collecting payments for numbering
administration functions and for distributing funds to the entities that
support these functions (e.g., the North American Numbering Plan
Administrator (NANPA) and the Pooling Administrator (PA)).[^2]
Consistent with this function, Welch develops the annual projected
numbering administration costs and fund size estimate for the upcoming
fiscal year annually.

To develop these figures, Welch allocates a portion of the funding
requirement to all NANP countries.[^3] Specifically, it calculates a
Canadian contribution amount, a Caribbean contribution amount, and a
U.S. contribution amount. Welch then develops a contribution factor for
U.S. telecommunications carriers designed to collect the projected U.S.
contribution. Our rules provide that contributions shall be the product
of the carrier's end-user telecommunications revenues for the prior
calendar year and the contribution factor, and such contribution shall
be no less than twenty-five dollars (\$25).[^4]

**[Billing and Collection Agent Projection of the Fund Size Estimate and
Contribution Factor]{.underline}**

On May 4, 2005, Welch filed a fund size estimate and contribution factor
for recovering the cost of NANP Administration for Fiscal Year 2005, in
accordance with section 52.16 (a) of the Commission's rules.[^5] Welch
proposed a funding requirement of \$6,903,158 for Fiscal Year 2005, and
a contribution factor of 0.0000052.[^6] The funding requirement
contemplates a Canadian contribution of \$70,358, a Caribbean
contribution of \$13,692, a contribution by U.S. carriers of
\$1,127,108, and the application of \$5,692,000 from the accumulated
surplus from prior fiscal years.[^7]

**[Effective Date of the Fund Size Estimate and Contribution
Factor]{.underline}**

If the Commission takes no action regarding the proposed fund size
estimate and contribution factor within the 14-day period following
release of this Public Notice, the fund size estimate and the
contribution factor shall be deemed approved by the Commission, and
become effective for Fiscal Year 2005.

For further information, contact Pam Slipakoff in the Telecommunications
Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-7400,
TTY (202) 418-0484.

[^1]: 47 C.F.R. § 52.17.

[^2]: 47 C.F.R. § 52.16(a).

[^3]: The NANP member countries are Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda,
    Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman
    Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat,
    St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad
    & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, and the United States (including
    American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the
    Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).

[^4]: 47 C.F.R. § 52.17(a).

[^5]: 47 C.F.R. § 52.16(a); *In the Matter of Administration of the
    North American Numbering Plan*, North American Numbering Plan
    Administration Contribution Factor and Fund Size for July 2005
    through June 2006 (filed May 4, 2005) (*Fiscal Year 2005
    Contribution Factor Filing*).

[^6]: *See Fiscal Year 2005 Contribution Factor Filing* at 2.

[^7]: *Id.* at 2-3. Welch explains that the proposed contribution factor
    is substantially lower than the Fiscal Year 2004 contribution factor
    of 0.000021 as a result of drawing down accumulated surplus in
    Fiscal Year 2005. Welch also explains that the contribution factor
    for future years is anticipated to be approximately 0.000025. *Id*.
    at 3.