BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI

In the Matter of the Application of Southwestern )

Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T Missouri )

For Review and Reversal of North American )

Number Plan Thousands-Block Pooling ) File No. IO-2013-0355

Administrator’s Decision to Withhold Numbering )

Resources )

ORDER DIRECTING NOTICE, ESTABLISHING TIME FOR FILING REQUESTS TO INTERVENE AND ESTABLISHING

TIME FOR FILING RECOMMENDATIONS

Issue Date: January 15, 2013 Effective Date: January 15, 2013

This order directs that notice of this case be sent to all certificated interexchange and basic local exchange telecommunications companies in the state of Missouri and to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator. The order also establishes dates for the filing of requests to intervene and for the filing of recommendations.

On January 15, 2013, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T Missouri, filed an application and Motion for Expedited Treatment under 47 C.F.R. 52.15(g)(3)(iv) requesting that the Missouri Public Service Commission review and reverse a decision of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), NeuStar, Inc., to withhold certain numbering resources from AT&T Missouri. The numbering resources AT&T Missouri requested consist of one thousands-block from which two hundred (200) consecutive numbers can be drawn within (1) the 573 NPA, (2) the Farmington rate center, and (3) the XXXX range of 5100-5299. The numbering resources are needed in order to meet the needs of the St. Francois County Ambulance District, located in Farmington, Missouri.

The Commission finds that proper persons should be allowed to file a request for intervention or a motion for hearing. Therefore, the Commission will set a time for interventions as directed below. The Commission will also direct its Data Center to send a copy of this order to each certificated interexchange and basic local exchange telecommunications company in Missouri. In addition, the Data Center shall send a copy of this order to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, NeuStar, Inc.

The Commission will also direct its Staff to file a recommendation and will establish a date by which any other party wishing to respond must file a recommendation.

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

1. The Data Center shall send a copy of this order to each certificated interexchange and basic local exchange telecommunications company in Missouri and to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, NeuStar, Inc.

2. Any party wishing to intervene or to request a hearing shall do so by filing an appropriate pleading no later than January 25, 2013, with:

Shelley Brueggemann, Acting Secretary

Missouri Public Service Commission

Post Office Box 360

Jefferson City, Missouri 65102

and send copies to:

Robert Gryzmala

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

d/b/a AT&T Missouri

One AT&T Center, Room 3520

St. Louis, Missouri 63101

and:

Office of the Public Counsel

Post Office Box 2230

Jefferson City, Missouri 65102

3. The Staff of the Commission shall file a recommendation regarding the application of AT&T Missouri or shall file a status report indicating when a recommendation will be filed, no later than January 25, 2013.

4. Any other party that wishes to file a recommendation regarding the application of AT&T Missouri, shall do so no later than January 25, 2013, and shall file its recommendation simultaneously with its application to intervene.

5. This order shall become effective January 15, 2013.

BY THE COMMISSION

Shelley Brueggemann

Acting Secretary

(S E A L)

Harold Stearley, Deputy Chief Regulatory

Law Judge, by delegation of authority

pursuant to Section 386.240, RSMo 2000.

Dated at Jefferson City, Missouri,

on this 15th day of January, 2013.