City of Parma v. Public Utilities Commission

This appeal concerns telephone area code designations. Pursuant to Section 251(e)(1), Title 47, U.S.Code, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) is vested with jurisdiction over the North American Numbering Plan (“NANP”). The commission determined that Ameriteeh serves as the “Local Number or CO Code Administrator” under the NANP for the 216 and 330 area codes (among others), and that Ameritech’s duties as CO Code Administrator include (1) the assignment of NXX codes (the three-digit telephone number prefixes that follow the three-digit area codes2) to telecommunication service…