NASUCA Urges FCC to Act on Direct Numbering Access FNPRM

The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates urged the FCC to move forward with its Further NPRM on direct numbering access. Commissioners adopted the item in September (see 2401020055). NASUCA backed expanding requirements for existing authorization holders, it said in a letter posted Friday in docket 13-97. There are "serious abuses of our numbering resources and a need for additional oversight of the processes and procedures involved in the use of our nation’s telephone numbers." In addition, the group encouraged that the FCC "explicitly prohibit the temporary rental of outward dialing telephone numbers."