Sections 52.21 through 52.37, Telephone Number Portability (47 CFR Part 52, Subpart C) and CC Docket No. 95-116
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
01/15/2025
10/29/2024
Supporting statement updated during review.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2028
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2025
13,672,650
0
10,002,000
840,235
0
673,410
15,000,000
0
0
Section 251(b)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended requires LECs to âprovide, to the extent technically feasible, number portability in accordance with requirements prescribed by the Commission.â Through the LNP process, consumers have the ability to retain their phone number when switching telecommunications service providers, enabling them to choose a provider that best suits their needs and enhancing competition. In the Porting Interval Order and Further Notice, the Commission mandated a one business day porting interval for simple wireline-to-wireline and intermodal port requests. The information collected in the standard local service request data fields is necessary to complete simple wireline-to-wireline and intermodal ports within the one business day porting interval mandated by the by the Commission and will be used to comply with Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
The Commission is reporting program changes/increases to this revised information collection resulting from program changes due to the adoption of certain new or modified rules in the SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order. As discussed in this Supporting Statement, we believe that most respondents have previously developed and currently use a digital internal system to manage and respond to many compliance obligations. Because of this, the burden for many compliance obligations will be limited to new entrants. However, implementation of new obligations in the SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order will require additional hours to design, develop, test, and implement procedures, including employee training. Taken together, these changes have resulted in corresponding increases to the total figures in the total number of responses 10,002,000 to 13,672,650 (+3,670,650) and to the total annual burden hours from 673,410 to 840,235 (+166,825) burden hours. In addition, the Commission estimates that 25% of CMRS providers would incur costs of $100,000 in costs on average (across national, regional, and small providers) to implement the rules resulting from the SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud Order, and thus the total annual costs to respondents increased by $15,000,000. The number of respondents has also decreased from 3,626 to 1,626 (-2,000) in an adjustment. The prior collection inadvertently counted the same respondents multiple times for the collection by adding the respondents for each requirement. However, the respondents are all pulled from the same pool â all carriers required to implement local number portability â and the Commission has adjusted this number accordingly.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
CTIA Comments re Second PRA Notice for SSPO Rules FINAL.pdf
3060-0742 SS LNP_Jan 2025 (Revised)_FINAL VERSION_CPD.docx
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