The Wireless Team meeting was still ongoing, focusing on completing their wireless number portability report.

SH subcommittee clarified the reporting requirements for LSMS availability.

Discussion of OPI Reseller Process Flows: Several companies expressed exceptions to the reseller process flows contributed by OpWest. (Note: since the flows were turned over to LNPA, the OpWest and Ops East teams have merged to become National Number Portability Operations, NNPO.) The exceptions fall into the following categories:

Key: NNSP – New network service provider ONSP – Old network service provider

Verizon stated that they cannot approve the flows as they currently are structured. Verizon would rather retain the current process defined in the OBF flows than accept flows that make the NNSP responsible for the FOC to the NRSP. Specifically optional box 6 in flow I, and box 7 in flow K, are mandatory for Verizon. Using the NNPO flows Verizon will not be able to meet commitments to their resellers when they are the NNSP. After the NNSP receives an LSR from the NRSP, the NNSP must send the ONSP an LSR, wait for the ONSP to send FOC to NNSP, then NNSP forwards FOC to reseller. Verizon is required to send FOC to the new provider reseller within 24 hrs, and is measured on performance. Verizon has agreements with their regulatory commissions to meet this metric and is subject to penalties if they are not met.

Several SPs at LNPA prefer having the NNSP be responsible for coordinating the port, as in the NNPO flows. At least as many SPs at LNPA think the NRSP should be responsible for coordinating a port. (The current OBF flows have the NRSP coordinate the port.)

Operational Experience: Verizon’s current experience in the Northeast region is that the OBF process works now that they have educated resellers on the LNP process.

Jurisdiction: Consensus of the LNPA is that SP to SP communications are the responsibility of the OBF, not LNPA. LNPA is responsible for processes between SPs and NPAC

Path Forward: Consensus is that LNPA should forward the flows to OBF, but not imply that these flows are endorsed by LNPA. There is disagreement over what should be in the letter from LNPA describing our concerns with the flows. WorldCom favors limiting our comments to whether the porting process should be coordinated by the NNSP or the NRSP. The majority wants to include details of the four deficiencies. Service providers are to send their comments to Charles Ryburn who will draft a letter and send it out for comments. The LNPA will finalize the letter at the August meeting.

Wireless Impact: the Wireless Number Portability Committee will send Charles a letter explaining the impact of this issue on completion of processes for wireless/wireline integration. Charles will add the wireless/wireline integration impacts in the statement to OBF.

Gene Johnson – Neustar has worked on updated M&Ps but has not had time for them to be reviewed by their legal support. Neustar expects to share the M&P at the July 17^th PE meeting.

Dennis Robbins, ELI process: ELI initiates unlock at FOC, and migrate at NPAC activation. The inability of some carriers to complete their unlocks on time is a serious concern for ELI because the NSP is legally responsible for the record’s accuracy, but is unable to update the record because it has not been unlocked. Dennis asked if other providers have considered the legal risk of being unable to update a record for a ported customer.

Dave Garner: The NENA document my representative sent me says the unlock should be sent within 24 hrs of "completion", but does not specify the meaning of completion. Our NENA rep’s understanding is that we did not agree to migrate based on NPAC activation. Dennis Robbins referred to a separate section of the NENA document that defines completion as the time that the dial tone is transferred from the OSP to the NSP.

Question for Rick Jones: What is the big concern from NENA for updating these records when the customer does not move, but only changes service provider? The PSAPs can obtain the SP information from the IVR.

Consensus: The LNPA Members Agree with the Goal of Migrating within 24 hrs. However, the LNPA members cannot agree to make this a national standard, because current systems and processes do not support completion within 24 hrs 100% of the time.

Path Forward: Three positions were advocated:

PIM 7 M&P will be presented at the next cross regional meeting.

Goal is to have a rough draft report by the August meeting. This will simply be a compilation of all the writing contributions. Charles will work on incorporating comments into a more polished report to review at the September LNPA meeting. The final report is due to NANC by the end of September.

Listings issue update – Jim Grasser took the issue to OBF. OBF asked Jim to rewrite the issue and bring it back.

Rick Jones discussed a potential problem that exists with one service provider’s 911 implementation. This implementation inserts temporary wireless 911 records in the wireline 911 database. During a period of mixed service, this could cause the wireless 911 record to be sent to the PSAP for a call originated from the wireline phone. Jim Alton will set up a conference call with the 911 subject matter expert (SME) who raised this issue, Rick Jones, and Brian Egbert. Brian will arrange for a wireless 911 SME to participate.

The 3^rd option for shortening the porting interval was deleted because it does not use an FOC. Since the 3 options were proposed, the wireless companies have adopted a porting process that requires an FOC, so this is no longer an option.

Anna Miller, BSCC – One problem with porting customers from a reseller is that, at least in the wireless world, the ONSP does not have the information about the reseller’s customer needed to evaluate the order validity. BellSouth indicated they have the same problem with their wireline resellers.

See copy of outline for writing assignments.

Written contributions are due to Charles Ryburn by August 4^th.

Barry Bishop responded to many of Neustar’s June action items in writing. Barry’s responses were distributed by E-mail.

Gustavo: The Project Plan was updated and posted on web site.

Gustavo: A sample migration file will be available Monday 17^th; The migration file for turn up testing will be available Monday July 31^st.

Gustavo: In September Neustar will have M&P for the moratorium period.

Gustavo – NNeustar will keep copies of carrier’s user profiles during the conversion so if the conversion needs to be backed out NNeustar can restore them.

Conversion of PORT-ON-DEMAND numbers in the Atlantic Region to national pooling solution with NPAC 3.0. The current understanding is these numbers need to be converted to 1.4 pooling prior to the roll out of 3.0. This effectively means that this conversion needs to be completed by November 2000. The FCC has not ordered the conversion of these numbers. There has been some reluctance to move on this conversion because of the impact on the pooling administrator’s contract. LNPA believes it is the responsibility of the New York pooling committee to address this conversion.

Change Order NANC 219 (LSMS link availability reporting requirements). We need to add requirements from the Slowhorse minutes and Beth’s availability report to the change order. Gustavo/Jean will send out proposed change order amendments by noon Friday July 28^th. This will be followed up with a conference call on Tuesday Aug 1^st at 11:00 am EDT.

Gene Johnson: Release 3.0: 85% of vendors have successfully completed ITP testing.

All carriers have scheduled turn up testing

Beth: How many sev 1 and sev 2 MRs have been found? Gene: none have been logged out of testing.

Steve Addicks was accepted as the replacement of Shelly North as the CLEC Co-Chair of LNPA.

Charles Ryburn was selected for a second term as ILEC co-chair

Brian Egbert will continue as Wireless Co-chair.

Brian will give the wireless report to NANC.

Charles will report that the outline was reviewed and writing assignments given to members.

PIM Report – Charles will give an update on the PIMs.

Steve will give Slowhorse update.

Charles will report on the prioritization of R5.0 change orders and path forward with release.

Slowhorse will start Monday afternoon, LNPA will run until noon on Thursday. Wireless will start Monday morning.

The meeting site will be the Washington Marriot – 22^nd and "M" Street.

September meeting is currently scheduled for slowhorse to start Tuesday morning, Sept 12, and LNPA will end at noon on Thursday.