LNPA Parties in 'Active' Talks on Contingency Rollback Plan Before Sunday Cutover
Local number portability administrator transition parties "are in active negotiations" seeking agreement on an LNPA contingency rollback plan, said Greg Chiasson, a principal at PwC, transition oversight manager for North American Portability Management. He was speaking Wednesday on a PwC…
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webcast heading into Sunday's initial, Southeast region cutover from incumbent Neustar to incoming LNPA iconectiv (see 1804020051). NAPM, which the FCC charged with overseeing the transition, and its large carrier members say the chance of a "catastrophic failure" is very low and have pushed for a manual, industry-led contingency rollback to Neustar if a breakdown occurs, but the incumbent says new system testing has been inadequate and prefers an automated contingency rollback. Some smaller providers also are concerned about being required to manually resubmit porting requests to Neustar's number portability administration center (NPAC) if iconectiv's system fails. Chiasson said "all mandatory industry testing is complete" and voluntary testing continues. He said "mechanized users" have verified connectivity to both iconectiv NPACs, eliminating one risk heading into the regional cutover. Data transfer from Neustar's NPAC to iconectiv is in progress and on track to be completed by Sunday, he said.