Telecom Commission Letter Addressed to Jasdev Kalsi (Fido Solutions Inc.)
Ottawa, 23 November 2016
BY EMAIL
Mr. Jasdev Kalsi
Senior Telecom Analyst
Engineering Core Voice/Data
Fido Solutions Inc
jasdev.kalsi@fidomobile.ca
RE: Approval of emergency notification of shortened interval for activation of three CO Codes by Fido Solutions Inc. in Vancouver British Columbia
Dear Mr. Kalsi:
On 22 November 2016, Fido Solutions Inc. (Fido) requested that Commission staff approve an emergency notification for Central Office (CO) Codes 236-862, 236-866, and 236-867, to make the effective dates 15 December 2016 (for 236-866), and 23 December 2016 (for 236-862, 236-867), rather than 66 days after the received date of the Part 1 Form, as specified in the Canadian Central Office Code (NXX) Assignment Guideline (the Guideline).
Fido indicated that its numbering inventory for the greater Vancouver market was nearly exhausted over the course of the 18 November to 21 November 2016 weekend. It noted that it will be unable to support ongoing customer demand if it adhered to the standard industry lead-time for CO code assignment and, therefore, it requested an accelerated effective date for its request for the three new CO codes in the Vancouver exchange.
Commission staff considers this request for an emergency notification for shortened intervals to be reasonable in the circumstance.
Fido is reminded that, as per the Guideline, carriers are to make their best effort to implement the new codes in the shorter timeframe, but are not obligated to implement these NPA-NXXs in their networks in less than the normal minimum 45 day activation interval and, consequently, call blocking, routing errors and/or billing errors could occur.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Michel Murray
Director, Dispute Resolution & Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: Glen Brown, Canadian Number Administrator, browng@leidos.ca
Suresh Khare, Canadian Number Administrator, khares@leidos.ca
Fiona Clegg, Canadian Number Administrator, cleggf@leidos.ca
Natalie Lessard, Canadian Number Administrator, lessardn@leidos.ca
David Comrie, Canadian Number Administrator, comried@leidos.ca
Valerie Plaskacz, CRTC, valerie.plaskacz@crtc.gc.ca
Joseph Cabrera, CRTC, joseph.cabrera@crtc.gc.ca
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