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
10/29/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2025
13,672,050
10,002,000
792,235
673,410
0
0
Section 251(b)(2) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended requires LECs to “provide,
to the extent technically feasible, number portability in
accordance with requirements prescribed by the Commission.” 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
13,672,050 (+3,670,050) and to the total annual burden hours from
673,410 to 792,235 (+118,825) burden hours. 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 – all carriers required to implement
local number portability – 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.