FCC Rules Somos Can Limit Initial Release of 800 Numbers To Prevent Hoarding
The FCC granted a Somos petition to temporarily waive a "first-come, first served" rule for allocating the toll-free 800 numbers Somos has. Somos (formerly SMS/800) sought the waiver in order to restrict "Responsible Organizations," which manage toll-free numbers for others,…
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to obtaining 100 numbers per day for a period of five days to prevent hoarding. "We agree with the Somos allocation proposal for 96,000 recently-available toll free numbers in the 800 code currently controlled by the Somos Help Desk," said a Wireline Bureau order in docket 95-155 listed in Monday's Daily Digest. "We therefore find good cause to waive section 52.111 for the first five days following the release of these 800 numbers." The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions and others backed the Somos petition (see 1604220038).