FCC Bureau Grants Vonage Bid To Obtain Phone Numbers Directly From Administrators

The FCC Wireline Bureau approved Vonage's request to obtain phone numbers directly from numbering resource administrators, an agency public notice said Thursday in docket 16-49. The proceeding will be terminated and the docket closed in 60 days if there are no further filings, or -- if there are additional filings -- after 60 days of docket inactivity, the PN said. Vonage had submitted its 152-page application on Feb. 18, the first day interconnected VoIP providers were allowed to seek phone numbers directly under a 2015 FCC order.