Quarterly Pooling Tip – July 2023

Effective Date Preference for CO Code Requests

When submitting a New CO Code, CO Code Modification or a CO Code Disconnect request in PAS or NAS, to specify an Effective Date preference complete one of the following:

1) For an Effective Date of 52 calendar days from when NANPA processes the request, select “By selecting this checkbox, I acknowledge that I am requesting the earliest possible effective date the Administrator can grant. Please note that this only applies to a reduction in the Administrator's processing time, however the request will still be processed in the order received.” checkbox and the leave the default requested Effective Date as is on the Part 1.

 

2) For an Expedited Effective Date, select “Yes” for “Request Expedited Treatment”:

 

1. For an effective date of 45 calendar days from the date NANPA processes the request leave the default Requested Effective Date and include one of the following:

1. Include a statement that "We are serving as our own AOCN and will waive [1-7] days to update BIRRDS" in the Expedited Explanation field; or 
2. Attach a letter from your AOCN agreeing to waive their processing time.

 

2. For an effective date of 30 calendar days from the date NANPA processes the request leave the default Requested Effective Date and include one of the following:

1. Include a statement that, “We are serving as our own AOCN and Tandem Operating Company and will waive [1-7] days to update BIRRDS” in the Expedited Explanation field; or
2. Attach a letter from both your AOCN and Tandem Operating company agreeing to waive their processing time.
   

3) For an Effective Date other than the default effective date, enter the requested effective in the Requested Effective Date field. 

 

For additional information on Effective Dates, refer to Sections 5.3.8, 5.4.11, 5.5.7, 5.6.7, 9.2.8, 9.3.7, 11.1.8, and 11.3.10.6 of the Thousands-Block (NPA-NXX-X) & Central Office Code (NPA-NXX) Administration Guidelines. To access the current INC Guidelines located on the ATIS website, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact Customer Support at 866-638-7665 or poolingsupport@somos.com.

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