FCC Should Compare LNPA Bids, Neustar Says
The FCC should do a cost comparison of the bids for the local number portability administrator contract, including transition costs, to “make a fully informed selection,” Neustar representatives told Chief David Simpson and other officials from the Public Safety Bureau,…
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and officials from the Wireline Bureau and the Office of General Counsel, Feb. 11, said an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 09-109. Neustar consultant Cheryl Smith said Telcordia’s competing proposal “presented serious technical deficiencies, unmitigated transition risks, and likely transition delays, even in a best case scenario,” according to the filing. Telcordia’s proposal to write new software “'from scratch'” isn't technically equivalent to the current system and "would not advance the state of the art,” Smith said. An agency committee recommended that Telcordia get the contract, now held by Neustar. Neustar's petition "is another attempt to ensure it can continue to charge carriers nearly $1.5 million per day and delay the decision by the FCC," said Telcordia President Richard Jacowleff in a statement to us. "Price matters -- and consumers ultimately bear the expense of Neustar’s substantially inflated charges and attempts to create further delays in the decision-making process. The transition cost estimates and timeframes it keeps offering are pure speculation and amount to nothing more than simple scare tactics." Representing Neustar were Kellogg Huber counsel Aaron Panner, Perkins Coie’s Michael Sussman, and Michele Farquhar and Thomas McGovern of Hogan Lovells.