Ottawa, 13 August 2018
BY EMAIL
Mr. Leo Santoro
Network Translations Design
Bell Mobility
5099 Creekbank Rd
leo.santoro@bell.ca
RE: Approval of emergency notification of shortened interval for activation of five CO Codes by Bell Mobility
Dear Mr. Santoro:
Pursuant to the Canadian Central Office Code (NXX) Assignment Guideline (the Guideline), after a Central Office (CO) Code is assigned, it is the responsibility of the Code Applicant to enter, by itself or via an agent, the required Part 2 (Routing and Rating) Information into Telcordia’s Business Integrated Routing and Rating Database System (BIRRDS) database in order to notify the telecommunications industry to activate the CO Code in the Public Switched Telephone Network. As indicated in the Guideline, the current industry standard interval is 45 days for CO Code activation by the North American Telecom Industry.
On 10 August 2018, Bell Mobility requested that Commission staff approve an emergency notification for CO Codes 438-335, 438-854, 438-856, 587-932, 873-354, for the dates that they were initially approved by the Canadian Numbering Administrator. These CO codes were approved effective 10 September, 9 September, 10 September, 9 September, and 11 September 2018, respectively, which is less than 45 days from the date of the request.
Bell Mobility stated that it had missed the deadline for issuing the Routing and Rating information for these CO codes due to internal processing issues.
Bell Mobility stated that it is approaching one of its busiest seasons of the year for the industry (Back to School) and these CO codes were also associated with high demand markets.
Commission staff considers Bell Mobility’s request for an emergency notification for shortened intervals to be reasonable in the circumstance.
Bell Mobility 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 CO codes 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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