Neustar Highlights Concerns With FCC Selection of Telcordia as LNPA
Local number portability administrator Neustar detailed its major concerns with the FCC proceeding to shift LNPA duties to Ericsson-owned Telcordia Technologies. "At every phase, Neustar has been disadvantaged by arbitrary decisions behind closed doors that tipped the scales in favor"…
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of Telcordia, said a Neustar letter posted Thursday in docket 09-109. "The Commission is now poised to embrace a decision with all of the transition risk but none of the 'cost savings over the existing contract,'” it said, citing a 2015 LNPA selection order. "One option available to the Commission in March 2015 would have been to retain Neustar as the LNPA at its best offer price, which would have resulted in significant cost savings over Neustar’s existing contract, but with none of the transition risk. Given the extraordinary transition delays and security violations, however, the FCC now appears committed to choosing a result in which the American people realize no cost savings over Neustar’s existing contract but accept all of the transition risk." The FCC LNPA transition is a "raw deal for consumers -- a decision that carries significant national security questions and transition risk to critical telecommunications infrastructure that Americans depend upon every day for reliable communications," the company said. Neustar said it would be "arbitrary and capricious" for the FCC to approve a proposed Telcordia master services agreement as LNPA without addressing its concerns.