Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Petition for Forbearance From Commercial Mobile Radio Services Number Portability Obligations and Telephone Number Portability
broadband · Federal Communications Commission · Published 1999-04-27 · Effective 1999-05-27 · 64 FR 22562
Document
Document number
99-10443
Federal Register citation
64 FR 22562
CFR reference
47 CFR 52
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
broadband
Publication date
1999-04-27
Effective date
1999-05-27
FCC docket
WT Docket No. 98-229, CC Docket No. 95-116
Abstract
In this Memorandum Opinion and Order, the Commission grants a petition filed by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) requesting that the Commission forbear from imposing service provider local number portability (LNP) requirements on broadband commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers until the expiration of the five-year buildout period for broadband personal communications service (PCS) carriers. Accordingly, the Memorandum Opinion and Order extends the deadline for CMRS providers to support service provider LNP in the top 100 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) until November 24, 2002. The Memorandum Opinion and Order finds that extension of the deadline will provide the industry with the flexibility to allocate its immediate resources toward network construction, a goal proven to promote a competitive marketplace.