Vonage urged the FCC to name an administrator to assign number te...

identification-emergency service query keys) “is an essential gating item for nomadic VoIP E-911 deployment… Most selective routers use 25-year-old technology that is capable of processing no more than a few area codes. As a result, pANI-ESQK is necessary to route a non-regional telephone number through the local selective router. By using pANI-ESQK, a nomadic [VoIP provider] can dynamically assign a number that includes an area code recognized by the relevant selective router, thereby allowing a call to pass through and reach the appropriate PSAP.” Vonage said Verizon voluntarily made pANI-ESQK elements available but “other ILECs have either not made pANI-ESQK available or have delayed issuing pANI- ESQK for many months, in some cases while they wait for the pANI-ESQK administrator to be assigned.” Citron said the FCC “may not have fully appreciated how this delay in obtaining pANI-ESQK or the absence of an administrator could impact E-911 deployment timetables.”