Neustar: No Need to Switch LNPAs
There is "no good reason" for the FCC to switch local number portability administrators, but a transition “will be costly and could have dire consequences,” officials from the current LNPA, Neustar, told FCC Chief of Staff Ruth Milkman and Chairman…
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Tom Wheeler’s wireline aide Daniel Alvarez, said an ex parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 09-109. Porting would be delayed, calls wouldn't complete, and identifying the cause of the malfunctions will be “time-consuming and leave customers with impaired service,” said Neustar CEO Lisa Hook, Len Kennedy, general counsel, and Scott Deutchman, deputy general counsel, at the Thursday meeting. "Neustar's argument is that it is too entrenched to be replaced -- even though it failed to offer a competitive bid," said Wiltshire Grannis telecom lawyer John Nakahata, who represents Telcordia. Telcordia was recommended to receive the LNPA contract. "Competitive bidding -- which Neustar once endorsed -- requires changing the incumbent when they lose. It is time for the FCC to finish the selection process and honor the results of competitive bidding, to the benefit of consumers and service providers."