The North American Numbering Council (NANC) submitted its...
The North American Numbering Council (NANC) submitted its recommendation for Local Number Portability Administrator to the FCC Wireline Bureau Thursday (http://bit.ly/1rrOjNB). A cover letter posted Friday said its recommendation was attached as an “accompanying letter.” That accompanying letter was not…
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posted publicly. The cover letter confirms that NANC members agreed on the LNPA selection at its closed March 26 meeting. It also confirms that NANC responded to “all claims of potential unfairness,” including the claim that a bidder “has obtained confidential, non-public information about its competitive standing and price relative to other bidders.” Industry observers and attorneys have speculated that current LNPA Neustar learned its bid was far higher than competitor Telcordia. A Neustar spokesman has denied that allegation (CD Feb 7 p9). NANC also reviewed whether there had been any attempts to influence NANC representatives, and documented “irregularities” it had found, it said. The information in NANC’s attached letter should be exempted from any Freedom of Information Act requests under Section (b)(4), which protects “trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person,” NANC said. The working group’s report to NANC on claims of potential unfairness should also be exempt from FOIA requests, the letter said, as well as any vendor selection process reports and associated documents.