Technologie i telekomunikacja · 23.07.1998

Telephone Number Portability

Notice is hereby given that In the Matter of Telephone Number Portability, Common Carrier Docket No. 95-116, DA 98-1265, released June 26, 1998, Cincinnati Bell Telephone's (CBT's) provision of Local Number Portability (LNP) in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) by choosing only the Midwest Number Portability Administration Center is approved. This action is needed so CBT can efficiently implement LNP in the Cincinnati MSA. The intended effect of this action is to reduce LNP implementation costs and complexity for CBT and other carriers in the Cincinnati MSA. Notice is also given that several carriers' requests for delays in the implementation of Phase III and Phase IV LNP are granted. In addition, the Commission grants AT&T Corp.'s and Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.'s related petitions to waive the requirements that carriers file petitions to extend the time to file an LNP implementation extension request 60 days prior to the deadline for which an extension is sought. These actions are needed because carriers seek more time to implement LNP due to circumstances beyond their control. The intended effect of these grants is to allow carriers more time to im