The FCC has announced that it has selected Somos as the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) and the Pooling Administrator (PA) under separate one-year bridge contracts. Somos, based in Orlando, FL, currently serves as the Commission’s toll-free number administrator, responsible for overseeing the toll-free number database. The designated NANPA provides numbering administration functions for telecommunications services while the PA serves as the Routing Number Administrator responsible for administering non-dialable numbers used for routing emergency calls and other purposes.
