STATE OF MISSOURI

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

At a session of the Public Service

Commission held at its office in Jefferson City on the 27th day of April, 2016.

In the Matter of the Application of Southwestern )

Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Missouri for )

Review and Reversal of North American Number ) File No. IO-2016-0262

Plan Thousands-Block Pooling Administrator's )

Decision to Withhold Numbering Resources )

ORDER OVERTURNING NORTH AMERICAN

NUMBERING PLAN ADMINISTRATOR’S DECISION

Issue Date: April 27, 2016 Effective Date: May 7, 2016

On April 5, 2016, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Missouri (AT&T Missouri), filed an Application and Motion for Expedited Treatment requesting that the Missouri Public Service Commission review and reverse a decision of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), NeuStar, Inc., of AT&T Missouri’s application to obtain one four thousands-block from which four thousand (4,000) consecutive numbers can be drawn within (1) the 816 NPA, (2) the Lee’s Summit rate center, and (3) the 816-XX7-XXXX range of 1000-4999 or 6000-9999. The additional numbers are needed in order to meet the needs of St. Luke’s Hospital at its Kansas City, Missouri location.

On April 25, 2016, the Staff of the Commission filed its Recommendation. No other applications to intervene, requests for hearing, or recommendations have been filed.

Staff explained that AT&T Missouri does not have the numbers available for assignment in the Lee’s Summit center to meet St. Luke’s needs. Staff believes AT&T Missouri has demonstrated a verifiable need for four thousand consecutive numbers within the 816 NPA, with an XX7-XXXX range of 1000-4999 or 6000-9999, in the Lee’s Summit, Missouri rate center. Staff recommended the Commission grant AT&T Missouri’s request.

The Commission has the authority to overturn NANPA’s decision to withhold numbering resources from a carrier pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §52.15(g)(4), which states in part, “The state commission also may overturn the NANPA’s decision to withhold numbering resources from the carrier based on its determination that the carrier has demonstrated a verifiable need for numbering resources and has exhausted all other available remedies.”

Based on AT&T Missouri’s application and the Staff’s recommendation, the Commission finds that AT&T Missouri has demonstrated a verifiable need for numbering resources and has exhausted all other available remedies. The Commission will overturn NANPA’s decision and approve AT&T Missouri’s request for four thousand numbers as listed above.

THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:

1. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator’s decision to withhold numbering resources from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Missouri, is overturned.

2. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Missouri’s request to receive one four thousands-block from which four thousand (4,000) consecutive numbers can be drawn within the 816-XX7-XXXX range of 1000-4999 or 6000-9999 in the Lee’s Summit rate center, is granted.

3. This order shall become effective on May 7, 2016.

4. This file may be closed on May 8, 2016.

BY THE COMMISSION

Morris L. Woodruff

Secretary

Hall, Chm., Stoll, Kenney,

Rupp, and Coleman, CC., concur.

Woodruff, Chief Regulatory Law Judge