ATIS Seeks FCC Action on Unused Toll-Free Numbers

ATIS asked the FCC to direct the Toll Free Numbering Administration to release the nearly 16,000 "833" toll-free numbers into the spare pool as soon as possible so they can be available to businesses that wish to use the numbers," (see 2206290051), per an ex parte filing posted Thursday in docket 17-192. Meeting with an aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr, the group also sought an "equitable allocation method under which the unassigned “800” TFNs would be made eligible for allocation but with an allocation limit of 125 numbers" per responding organization.