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1. The NTS Focus Group is an Ofcom sponsored industry group open to network operators who have an interconnect agreement with BT. The purpose of the group is to act as a forum for the discussion of a broad range of issues relating to the regulation, charging and operation of the UK Number Translation Services regime.
   
   
2. The aim of the group is to prioritise and address the NTS issues faced by network operator stakeholders. In particular, the group will focus on issues relating to the arrangements for NTS call origination, operator interaccounting / billing and the continued development of the UK's NTS market.
   
   
3. The group will provide a forum at which NTS policy issues can be debated with industry stakeholders, offering an input into Ofcom's policy with respect to NTS matters.
   
   
4. Notes from the meetings will be published on the Ofcom website and regular progress reports will be provided to the Ofcom Forum.
   
   
5. The Focus Group will not itself take formal decisions. However, it can be used as a forum for reaching cross industry agreement on particular issues. The group can make recommendations to Ofcom, although final decisions on how the NTS regime should operate and any proposals for reviewing the regime rest with Ofcom, if no agreement can be achieved by negotiation.

NTS FG
December 2003

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