In Telecom Regulatory Policy 2024-26, the Commission directed local exchange carriers
and wireless carriers to implement thousand block pooling (TBP) by 6 October 2025. To facilitate TBP implementation, end-to-end production testing is required to allow carriers to test various TBP-related functions, especially where they involve interactions with the Canadian Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) and the Business Integrated Routing and Rating Database System (BIRRDS). It is important that carriers follow Canadian industry practices for obtaining and configuring assigned thousand block number resources.
The Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA), operated by COMsolve, is authorized to temporarily issue thousand block numbering resources to support this testing. Carriers wishing to conduct such testing will have to request temporary resources between 1 April 2025 and 1 July 2025 and return these resources to the CNA no later than 6 October 2025.
For help with the implementation of thousand-block pooling, contact COMsolve at: sales@comsolveinc.com