LNPA Working Group
Status Report to NANC
September 28, 1999

Charles Ryburn ILEC Co-chair
Shelly Shaw CLEC Co-chair

Report Items
•	Wireless Number Portability Subcommittee (WNP SC) Report  (Anna Miller - Separate Handout)
•	LNPA Working Group Report 
-	LNP Problem Identification and Management 
-	Wireline/Wireless Integration – Report Development
-	NPAC /SMS Release Status
-	Slow Horse Update (Steve Addicks – Separate Handout)

	    Next Meeting …  October 11-14, Kansas City MO
    
-  LNP Problem Identification and Management 

The PIM sub-team has developed the letter that will be sent to NANC, NIIF, OBF, T1S1.6, the Regional Operations teams, the LLC’s, INC, and ATIS.  That letter is included as an attachment to today’s report along with the issue submittal form, process flows and issues tracking matrix.

-  Wireline/Wireless Integration Report 
	
NANC requested that the LNPAWG develop a 3rd Wireline/Wireless Integration Report which will address the open issues in the 2nd report as well as the issues brought forth by GTE in their presentation.  The LNPA WG will deliver this report to NANC 2nd quarter 2000.  This time frame is necessary due to the extensive work being done by the WG on the release schedule for 4.0.  

-  NPAC/SMS Release Status 

Y2K Quiet Time:  The LNPA WG previously recommended to NANC that a quiet time be established from 11/1/99 until 3/1/200.  That recommendation and implications are as follows

The LNPA WG recommends that there be no changes to the NPAC/SMS production hardware or software from 11/1/1999 until 3/1/2000, except corrections for specific Y2K problems or production impacting problems (i.e., Severity 1). 
 
This would have the following implications; new service providers would only be able to access the NPAC via dial up access to the LTI or through an existing service bureau’s connectivity.  This would limit the ability of new service providers to implement and test any new connectivity during the quiet time.

Release 4.0:  Change order prioritization has begun for Release 4.0 following the new release management cycle.  Prioritization is expected to continue through November when requirement development is scheduled to begin.

Release 3.0:  Anne LaLena (MCI Worldcom) will give a readout of the status of Release 3.0 in the LLCs.

Release 2.0:  NANC requested that the WG report on the implementation of 2.0 in the Midwest region.  According to Lockheed Martin, the problems encountered with the introduction of Release 2.0 were not related to any service provider not testing.  The pooling activation problems were mainly related to a lack of detail in the M&Ps.  This is currently being addressed.  The following is a breakout of the specific issues and resolutions that were discovered during the cutover.

-	Lack of Status Update 
-	3 additional steps added to Project Plan
-	Monday after cutover weekend report
-	7-10 days additional status report
-	30 days later Release Post Mortem

-	SP Regression Testing
-	LNPA and LLCs investigating enforceable solution

-	Pooling Activations
-      PA and NPAC updating M&P to address allocations and activations on cutover weekends 
-  Slow Horse Update

•	The Slow Horse update will be given by Steve Addicks, Chair of the sub-committee.

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