LNPA Shift on Track, but Contingency Rollback Dispute, Other Risks Remain, NAPM Says
The local number portability administrator transition is on track, but risks remain, including continued disagreement over a contingency rollback plan to incumbent Neustar, said North American Portability Management in its monthly report posted Monday in FCC docket 09-109. "Although one…
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or more transition milestone dates may be adjusted as appropriate to mitigate risk, the previously published dates remain accurate," and the "transition is currently on track to meet" a May 25 "Final Acceptance Date" of iconectiv as the new LNPA, said NAPM. Disagreement "regarding the incumbent LNPA's obligation to resume [number portability administration center] operations in the event of an industry-led rollback remains a point of concern," said the report, noting NAPM "continues efforts to reach agreement among all parties." An initial regional cutover to iconectiv's system is scheduled for Sunday. "On March 18, a dry run of the Southeast Region data migration was successfully conducted to validate data transfer, data validation, and data loading activities as well as the range of internal and external communications and governance activities," the report said. NAPM and industry backers say the chance of a "catastrophic failure" in iconectiv's system is extremely small, and a manual contingency rollback plan can address any problems that arise, but Neustar is more skeptical and prefers an automated solution (see 1803130047 and 1803280038). Neustar and iconectiv didn't comment.