§ 64.623   Administrator requirements.

   (a) For the purposes of this section, the term “Administrator” shall refer
   to each of the TRS Numbering administrator, the administrator of the TRS
   User Registration Database, the administrator of the VRS Access Technology
   Reference Platform, and the provider of the Neutral Video Communication
   Service  Platform.  A  single entity may serve in one or more of these
   capacities.

   (b) Neutrality. (1) The Administrator shall be a non-governmental entity
   that is impartial and not an affiliate of any Internet-based TRS provider.

   (2)  Neither the Administrator nor any affiliate thereof shall issue a
   majority of its debt to, nor derive a majority of its revenues from, any
   Internet-based TRS provider.

   (3) Neither the TRS Numbering administrator nor any affiliate thereof shall
   be unduly influenced, as determined by the North American Numbering Council,
   by parties with a vested interest in the outcome of TRS-related numbering
   administration and activities.

   (4) None of the administrator of the TRS User Registration Database, the
   administrator  of the VRS Access Technology Reference Platform, or the
   provider  of the Neutral Video Communication Service Platform, nor any
   affiliates  thereof,  shall be unduly influenced, as determined by the
   Commission, by parties with a vested interest in the outcome of TRS-related
   activities.

   (5) Any subcontractor that performs any function of any Administrator shall
   also meet the neutrality criteria applicable to such Administrator.

   (c) Terms of administration. The Administrator shall administer pursuant to
   the terms of its contract.

   (d) Compensation. The TRS Fund, as defined by § 64.604(a)(5)(iii) of this
   subpart, may be used to compensate the Administrator for the reasonable
   costs of administration pursuant to the terms of its contract.

   [ 78 FR 40609 , July 5, 2013]

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