Wireless Number Portability Operations
Status Report to NANC
July 10, 2001

James Grasser, Co-Chair

Report Items

•	The Wireless Number Portability Operations Team met the afternoon of Monday, July 9th
and the morning of Tuesday, July 10th in Ottawa, ON.

•	Introductions were given and the agenda reviewed.

•	Minutes from the June meeting were read – it was pointed out that the attendee list needed to be updated;  this will be completed and reviewed at the August meeting for approval.

•	NPAC tuneables for wireless service providers were discussed;  Neustar identified all such tuneables;  it was requested that all wireless service providers discuss these internally and return to the August meeting with their company’s recommendations.

•	The wireless industry timeline for number portability and the progress of wireless service providers was discussed.  There is general agreement that those wireless providers who attend the WNPO are preparing; however, there is concern that there is not greater wireless representation.  There is also concern at the number of wireless service providers who have notified Neustar of their intention to perform “New Entrant” testing and at the number who have requested information regarding communications with the NPACs. 

•	The Action Item list was reviewed – 2 items were closed as complete, 10 new items were opened.

•	Contributions for the Risk Assessment Document were presented and discussed;  additional contributions will be presented at the August meeting.   This assessment focuses on the possibility of some wireless service providers not being LNP compliant on 11/24/02 and the potential impacts and risks involved. 

•	There has been one response to the vendor readiness letters sent several weeks ago.  This response was read and discussed.  Additional responses are expected by the August meeting.

•	Neustar provided an update on wireless new entrant testing.

•	One of the co-chairs of the Wireless Testing Sub-Committee provided an update.  There was a conference call on June 21, 2001 to review action items from the previous face-to-face meeting.  The next general meeting will be August 7th and 8th in Denver preceded by a GTT ad hoc team meeting on August 6th.

•	NANC 328 and its impact on service provider maintenance windows was discussed in detail.  It was agreed that the extended maintenance window the first Sunday of each month would run from Midnight to 11:00A Central Time.  All wireless providers were to discuss two options for the regular maintenance window within their own companies.  Those options are Midnight to 6:00A or 3:00A to 9:00A Central Time.  This will be decided in August and will be forwarded to the LNPA WG as a wireless recommendation.
 
•	The next meeting of the WNPO will be held on August 13th and 14th in Seattle.