STATE OF MISSOURI

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

At a session of the Public Service

Commission held at its office in Jefferson City on the 24th day of June, 2015.

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-2015-0317

Plan Thousands-Block Pooling Administrator’s )

Decision to Withhold Numbering Resources )

ORDER OVERTURNING NORTH AMERICAN

NUMBERING PLAN ADMINISTRATOR’S DECISION

Issue Date: June 24, 2015 Effective Date: June 24, 2015

On June 1, 2015, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a 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 200 consecutive numbers within the XX7-XXXX range of 0400-4399; 4500-4599; 5500-5599; 5800-5899; or 6400-9999 in the Lee’s Summit, Missouri rate center. The additional numbers are needed in order to meet the needs of St. Luke’s East Hospital.

On June 4, 2015, the Staff of the Commission filed its Staff Recommendation. No other applications to intervene, requests for hearing, or recommendations have been filed.

Staff explained that AT&T Missouri does not have the required criteria of numbers available for assignment in the Lee’s Summit center to meet the hospital’s needs. Staff believes AT&T Missouri has demonstrated a verifiable need for the additional telephone numbers. 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 200 consecutive 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 200 consecutive numbers within the 816 NPA, with an XX7-XXXX range of 0400-4399; 4500-4599; 5500-5599; 5800-5899; or 6400-9999, in the Lee’s Summit, Missouri rate center, is granted.

3. This order shall become effective on June 24, 2015.

4. This file may be closed on June 25, 2015.

BY THE COMMISSION

Morris L. Woodruff

Secretary

R. Kenney, Chm., Stoll,

Hall, and Rupp, CC., concur.

W. Kenney, C., absent.

Woodruff, Chief Regulatory Law Judge