Team, attached you will find the brief minutes of the 10/22/97 Midwest Operations meeting taken by Lorin Pollock (Sprint). Thanks Lorin. Items in bolded Italics, have been added by me. If there are any items that are incorrect or missing, please let me know. Our thanks to AT&T for hosting this meeting.

Barry Bishop

Ameritech

312-220-8000

October 22, 1997 ICC LNP Operations Meeting

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In Attendance:

Sue Seitz Ameritech

Darin Liston Sprint

Ron Steen Bell South

Tina Zammuto GTE

Bob Hoffman Winstar

Pat Boone Winstar

Tony Killebrew Winstar

Beverly Brown Winstar

Dan Gonos Winstar

Eppie DeAvila Winstar

Bill Pletke Winstar

Lorin Pollock Sprint

Oc Jackson AT&T

Jim Joerger MCI

Brent Struthers ICC

Barry Bishop Ameritech

Attending via bridge:

Sharon Gallo TCG

Art Brett TCG

Walter Subora Ameritech

 

Items to be discussed:

New Entrant Testing

IVR

NPA Splits

Mass Calling

Suspended # Porting

TSE

LRN per Rate Center

ILNP

Testing SPOC's were identified for WinStar. Interconnection agreements are required with new entrants prior to testing and the agreements must include CLASS if these features are to be passed between companies. CLEC's must have interconnection agreements with Ameritech if they both use Ameritech Tandems to pass CLASS.

Barry outlined the information exchanged between Service Providers to test LNP including Point Codes, NPA/NXXs, Test Numbers, etc. The amount of information required depends on the services offered and the Network Topology.

A discussion ensued about possibly documenting the requirements for testing as a guide for new service providers entering the market. How would CLEC's and ILEC's know when new Service Providers enter the market.

 

 

The TSE proposal for tracking LSRs was discussed. Not all companies see a real need for this service and is still an open issue at the LLC.

Barry handed out the "ICC LNP Implementation" schedule. MCI contested the later roll out of the Tandems on 11/17/97 versus the 11/3/97 and wanted consideration from Ameritech to move up the Tandems to prevent having the end office perform the dips. Ameritech cannot change the schedule.

NPA Splits discussion: When a NXX is split to a new NPA - the old NPA/NXX, if previously opened, will still be triggered. Should the new NXX continue to be triggered or should the trigger be removed?

Hold for future discussion.

LRN per Rate Center issue. NORTEL and Seimens have a problem where a LRN is required per rate center. The issue is still open.

Suspended number porting. Sprint stated that if we receive a LSR for a customer on suspension, the number will be ported. This was never an issue.

ILNP will go away but RCF will remain as an unbundled element and can still be ordered per Sprint.

Mass Calling - No one knows status and will be discussed at the Steering Meeting.

Note: This was not discussed at the Steering Committee meeting, but will be discussed at an upcoming NANC meeting.

The next meeting will be Nov18 and 19, at 08:30, downtown Chicago (Location TBD, but probably Ameritech location at 350 Orleans).

The main thrust of this meeting will be to work the # pooling flows for 847. Ms Donna Navickas (NPAC Chairperson (DIVA)) will be in attendance and bring the requirements and assumptions from the NPAC team. This will probably be an intense meeting if we are to meet proposed time frames. Please make sure that a person from your company who is authorized to speak and make commitments for your company is in attendance.

Upon completion of the # pooling issues we will continue to address any new and/or existing open items.

Please note that there will be a short meeting late in the afternoon on Nov 17th for those representatives whose companies are members of the LLC. This will be a meeting with Law Enforcement and the IVR equipment vendor for Lockheed to see if the IVR will meet their needs. I will forward the location and time as soon as I receive it from Lockheed.

Since the last meeting, I have been contacted by Jason Williams at NextLink. We will shortly have a new gunslinger in Dodge. NextLink will be operating in the Chicago MSA in the very near future, and will be joining us at the next meeting. Welcome aboard NextLink.

Again if there are any errors or ommissions, please contact me.

Barry