Vonage asked the FCC to expedite its request to get telephone num...
Vonage asked the FCC to expedite its request to get telephone numbers directly from the numbering administrator, saying the FCC’s E-911 order adds “new urgency” to the request. Vonage said it asked for direct number assignments on March 4…
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because it wants to “explore alternative means of interconnection with the public switched telephone network (PSTN).” Since then, 2 “critical events” have made the request more urgent, Vonage said in a May 26 filing: (1) The FCC’s order requiring VoIP providers to provide full E-911 functionality in 120 days. (2) A BellSouth letter saying for E-911 calls routed over BellSouth’s network, Vonage is responsible for assigning “pseudo-Automatic Number Identification” (pANI) from its own pool of numbers. These pANI codes are non-dialable phone numbers used, generally by wireless carriers, to route calls to 911 emergency centers when a caller’s telephone number isn’t “native” to the geographic area the emergency center serves. Vonage said it needs “this same capability to provide E-911 functionality, including [ANI], for VoIP users with non-native telephone numbers.” Vonage also asked the FCC to modify conditions imposed when it gave SBC Internet Services similar numbering relief in Feb.