The pending Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) selection...
The pending Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) selection process has put too much emphasis on recommendations from the North American Numbering Council “with little focus on important public policy issues such as the potential impact on telecommunications competition or consumers,…
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particularly if there is an LNPA transition,” Neustar said in a filing last week at the FCC. Neustar said under the law, the FCC must select “any new LNPA through a rulemaking proceeding.” A rulemaking proceeding “will ensure that important public policy issues raised by the selection and a possible transition can be aired and reviewed through a more transparent process,” Neustar said (http://bit.ly/Zredtv). Neustar also noted the importance of LNPA selection to competition. “Most number porting today is wireless-to-wireless and wireline-to-wireless, reflecting the dynamic nature of today’s wireless industry,” it said. About one in 20 wireless and wireline numbers is ported every year, Neustar said. The filing is in docket 95-116. Also in the docket North American Portability Management (NAPM) said despite earlier comments filed by Neustar it had conducted a “formal analysis” of bids submitted by companies looking to serve as the LNPA (http://bit.ly/1vI2Qb4).