New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 3 - NUMBER RECLAMATION › Section 14:10-3.1 - Number reclamation definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Additional definitions that apply to this subchapter can be found at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  14:3-1.1 and
				  14:10-1.2.
"Guidelines" means, as regards to NXX codes, the Alliance for
				  Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) Industry Numbering Committee's
				  (INC) Thousands-Block (NPA-NXX-X) & Central Office Code (NPA-NXX)
				  Administration Guidelines (TBCOCAG), document number ATIS-0300119 which is
				  incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, and available
				  at:
www.atis.org/inc
.
"North American Numbering Plan Administrator" or "NANPA"
				  means the entity selected by the FCC to provide assistance to regulatory
				  authorities to ensure that numbering resources are used in the best interests
				  of all participants in the North American Numbering Plan. The NANPA is
				  responsible for managing the North American Numbering Plan. The NANPA
				  administers NXX codes and the thousands-blocks in an NXX code that are subject
				  to pooling, in accordance with the Guidelines. The NANPA allocates NXX codes
				  and thousands-blocks to serve providers through thousands-block number
				  pooling.
"NXX code" or "central office code" means the fourth, fifth,
				  and sixth digits in a 10-digit telephone number. This term also means a group
				  of 10,000 sequential telephone numbers, which all share the same fourth, fifth,
				  and sixth digits. The NXX code denotes the exchange area within an area code.
				  One central office code contains ten thousands-blocks, as defined in this
				  section.
"Part 4 Form" means the Confirmation of Code In Service-Part
				  4. It also means the Confirmation of Thousands-Block In Service-Part 4A. The
				  FCC requires each service provider to submit the Part 4 Form to the NANPA to
				  confirm that the numbering resources allocated to the service provider have
				  been placed in service. The Part 4 Form is required by the Guidelines.
"Pooling administrator" means an entity or entities selected
				  by the FCC to administer those thousands-blocks in an NXX code that are subject
				  to pooling, in accordance with the Guidelines. The pooling administrator
				  allocates thousands-blocks to service providers through thousands-block number
				  pooling.
"Reclamation" means the process through which a service
				  provider is required to return numbering resources in accordance with FCC
				  requirements at
				  47
				  CFR §§
										52.7 through 20, and this
				  subchapter.
"Service provider" means a person, as defined at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  14:3-1.1 that receives numbering resources
				  from the NANPA or another entity approved by the FCC. Examples of service
				  providers are carriers, and persons who provide wireline or wireless telephone
				  service, voice over internet protocol service, paging service, or similar
				  services.
"Thousands-block" means a group of 1,000 sequential telephone
				  numbers, which all share the same central office code, as defined in this
				  section, and which follow that central office code with a number from X000 to
				  X999, where X is a value from 0 to 9.
"Thousands-block number pooling" means the process by which
				  the NANPA allocates to service providers those thousands-blocks in an NXX code
				  that are subject to pooling.