Bellcore statement to media re FCC announcement of search for new NANP administrator.LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1995--The Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) has begun the process of selecting a new administrator of the North American Numbering Plan “NANPA” redirects here. For other uses, see Nanpa (disambiguation). The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is an integrated telephone numbering plan of 24 countries and territories: the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 Caribbean (NANP NANP North American Numbering Plan NANP National Association of Naval Photography ). Bellcore, which has administered the NANP since 1984, will cooperate with the FCC in this work. Bellcore remains committed to the fair, impartial Favoring neither; disinterested; treating all alike; unbiased; equitable, fair, and just. administration of the NANP until an alternative administrator is found. -0- BACKGROUNDER back·ground·er n. An informal news briefing for reporters by an official often speaking off the record. Noun 1. backgrounder ON THE NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN AND AREA CODES Bellcore has administered the North American Numbering Plan since 1984. As administrator, Bellcore is responsible for assigning as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. area codes in Bermuda, Canada, 15 countries in the Caribbean and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Bellcore is also responsible for administering service-access codes (800, 900, etc.), "555" numbers, carrier-identification codes and central-office codes in the Caribbean. Bellcore administers the NANP with five employees. The cost of administration is shared among Bellcore's seven owners. An area code is a three-digit combination corresponding to a particular geographic area. Except for 809, which covers 15 Caribbean countries, no area code crosses an international, state, or provincial boundary. Each area code contains 10 million seven-digit telephone numbers. About 2 million of them start with 1 or 0, and therefore can't be used. The "555" numbers, usually used for directory assistance and for fictitious Based upon a fabrication or pretense. A fictitious name is an assumed name that differs from an individual's actual name. A fictitious action is a lawsuit brought not for the adjudication of an actual controversy between the parties but merely for the purpose of phone numbers in television and motion pictures, can't be used for regular phone numbers. Neither can N00 numbers (800, 900, etc.), or N11 (911, 411, etc.) be used that way. Finally, telephone companies frequently reserve blocks of numbers for internal testing purposes. Therefore, an area code contains somewhere between 7 million and 8 million telephone numbers. Carrier-identification codes are the three-digit codes used to connect with a long-distance company. Central-office codes are the second three digits in a 10-digit telephone number. Each central-office code contains 10,000 line numbers. Line numbers are the last four digits in the phone number. Why is the FCC Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a New Administrator? Bellcore notified the FCC of Bellcore's intention to resign as administrator in August 1993. Bellcore remained, and remains, committed to the fair and impartial administration of the numbering resource until the FCC names a successor. Why Are Area Codes Changing? When the former Bell System devised the NANP in 1947, the Bell System decided that area codes would never begin with a 1 or 0, and that the second digit A single character in a numbering system. In decimal, digits are 0 through 9. In binary, digits are 0 and 1. digit - An employee of Digital Equipment Corporation. See also VAX, VMS, PDP-10, TOPS-10, DEChead, double DECkers, field circus. would always be a 1 or 0. This allowed for 160 arithmetic combinations. N00 and N11 combinations can't be used for area codes, so that left 144 area codes for use. At the end of the 1950s, after a decade of rapid growth in the demand for telephone service, the former Bell System considered what to do when the original 144 area codes were gone. The Bell System considered adding a fourth digit to the area codes, but rejected the idea as too complicated and cumbersome cum·ber·some adj. 1. Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk. See Synonyms at heavy. 2. Troublesome or onerous. cum for phone companies and their customers. Instead, the Bell System decided to use the integers 2 through 9 in the middle digit of the three-digit area codes. This solution provided an additional 640 area codes. Growth in demand for telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. remained fairly stable in the 1960s and 1970s, but took off again in the 1980s. Bellcore predicted in 1985 that the original 144 area codes would exhaust Exhaust may refer to: In mathematics:
In 1993, the last of the original 144 area codes, 610, was assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to southeastern Pennsylvania. That area code was implemented in January 1994. Since then, all the area codes Bellcore has assigned or reserved have been in the new style. A list of the new codes is attached. Why So Many New Area Codes? All the new telecommunications services which have emerged in the past decade require telephone numbers. Faxes, pagers, cellular phone, computer modems, second and third telephone lines -- all these consume telephone numbers, and eventually area codes. This trend is not limited to North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , but can be observed around the world. Why Have Some People Been Unable to Dial Into the New Area Codes? The 1,600 telephone companies in North America have been upgrading their telephone switches for years in anticipation of the new-style area codes. Therefore, people dialing directly into the public switched network from their homes or businesses should have no trouble getting through. However, many businesses and institutions have their own switches, called private branch exchanges (PBXs). There are hundreds of thousands of PBXs in North America, and they must be able to recognize the new area codes, as well. Some PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). owners have not arranged for the necessary hardware or software upgrades, and people dialing into the new area codes through those PBXs will not be able to complete their calls. If I Can't "If I Can't" was the fourth and final single from 50 Cent's debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Information Released in 2003, it reached #76 in the USA becoming 50 Cent's sixth Hot 100 entry, but nonetheless his weakest charting single to date. Dial Into the New Area Codes, What Shall I Do? If you have a PBX, consult your PBX vendor or the company responsible for servicing the PBX. If you don't have a PBX, and still have trouble dialing into a new area code, consult your local telephone company. -0-
AREA CODES ASSIGNED OR RESERVED FOR 1995-96
Old area code New area Permissive and state code Type Start date period ends 708 630 3-way 1/7/95 4/20/96 Illinois 847 split 1/20/96 205 334 split 1/15/95 5/13/95 Alabama 206 360 split 1/15/95 8/20/95 Washington 713 281 overlay 3/1/95 3/1/96 Texas 602 520 split 3/19/95 7/23/95 Arizona 303 970 split 4/2/95 10/1/95 Colorado 813 941 split 5/28/95 3/3/96 Florida 703 540 split 7/15/95 1/27/96 Virginia 203 860 split 8/28/95 10/4/96 Connecticut 310 562 overlay 9/2/95 NA California 615 423 split 9/11/95 2/26/96 Tennessee 809 441 split 10/1/95 9/30/96 Bermuda 305 954 tbd 11/95 NA Florida 503 541 split 11/5/95 6/30/96 Oregon 803 864 split 12/3/95 5/1/96 South Carolina 404 770 tbd 4Q95 NA Georgia 214 972 overlay 2/1/96 8/1/96 Texas 604 250 split 10/19/96 5/3/97 British Columbia 314 573 tbd 6/96 NA Missouri 216 330 tbd 3Q96 Ohio CONTACT: Deanna Munoz 609/624-3519 (today and tomorrow) 201/383-0336 (after 7/14) |
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