Neustar Plays Down FBI Letter on Telcordia; LNP Alliance Rebukes Telcordia
Neustar urged the FCC to act on its show-cause motion against Telcordia despite an FBI letter saying it had no objections to Telcordia becoming local number portability administrator. Neustar, the LNPA incumbent, said the FBI letter didn't address its motion…
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asking why Ericsson-owned Telcordia shouldn't be disqualified from serving as LNPA (see 1606020050). "Although the FBI's letter narrowly focuses on the services provided to the law enforcement community, it fails to address Ericsson's misrepresentations or misconduct," said Neustar in a Thursday filing in docket 09-109. "The facts that have been revealed indicate that Ericsson misled the Commission and violated national security requirements set forth in the Selection Order." Separately, the LNP Alliance fired back at a Telcordia (iconectiv) letter criticizing the group and New America's Open Technology Institute (see 1606230048). "The iconectiv Letter -- in the most preachy and pedantic tone -- implies that the LNP Alliance and other concerned parties are 'spooked' because they don’t understand the simplest, basic details of the LNPA Transition," said an LNP Alliance response. "In fact, the LNP Alliance’s acute concern with the LNPA Transition emanates from decades of experience with the manner in which even the most routine telecom process changes have so often become a pretext for large carriers to engage in anticompetitive and anticonsumer mischief. Whether changes to ordering, provisioning, billing or porting processes, large carriers have routinely taken advantage of process changes to shake loose hard-earned customers and increase competitive pressure on new entrants. The LNPA Transition has all the earmarks of the worst of such transitions -- poor transparency, a process controlled by nine (9) of the nation’s largest carriers, and de minimis oversight by regulatory authorities, including no state oversight role whatsoever. The iconectiv letter addresses a series of straw man issues never raised by the LNP Alliance, and neglects to address the principal issues it has raised, while unfairly maligning the integrity of the consumer groups that have duly weighed in on this issue." Telcordia didn't comment Thursday. Wednesday, North American Portability Management filed its monthly update on the LNPA transition.