Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Kelly T. (KT) Walsh (Canadian Numbering Administrator)
Ottawa, 13 April 2023
Our reference: 8621-C12-01/08
BY EMAIL
Kelly T. (KT) Walsh
CNA Program Manager
Canadian Numbering Administrator
150 Isabella Street, Suite 605
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5H3
kelly.walsh@cnac.ca
Subject: Jeopardy Conditions in Area Code 709
Dear Kelly Walsh:
By letter dated 29 March 2023, the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA) advised CRTC staff that area code 709 is in a jeopardy condition due to an advancement of 48 months in the projected exhaust date (PED), as indicated by the January 2023 Relief-Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast (R-NRUF). The January 2023 R-NRUF shows that the PED has advanced from November 2028 to December 2024, which is 20 months from now.
While relief planning activities have already begun, a date for implementation of a new area code has not yet been determined and the relief implementation plan has not yet been completed. Thus, in accordance with section 9.1 of the Canadian NPA Relief Planning Guideline (version 7.0) this area code has entered a jeopardy condition.
In the above noted letter, the CNA is recommending that jeopardy measures should be put in place, which will require that the CNA:
- Freeze all central office code assignments in Area Code 709/879 based on the January 2023 G‐NRUF carrier submissions to the 1 January 2024 forecast quantities; and,
- Conduct Area Code 709/879 Jeopardy Numbering Resource Utilization Forecasts (JNRUFs) at the NPA level of detail.
Commission staff agrees with the CNA’s assessment and confirms that the 709/879 code complex is in a jeopardy condition, that the Jeopardy Condition Plan is to be activated as of the date of this letter, and that the CNA is to follow the specific measures set out above as well as the other requirements in the Jeopardy Condition Plan.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Michel Murray
Director, Dispute Resolution & Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: Étienne Robelin, Manager, Emergency Services, CRTC, Étienne.robelin@crtc.gc.ca
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