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The Local Number Portability Administrator request for proposal (RFP) process...

The Local Number Portability Administrator request for proposal (RFP) process should move forward as soon as possible, Neustar told FCC Wireline Bureau officials Friday (http://xrl.us/bnvtkw). The commission should utilize the process developed by the North American Portability Management’s “Future of…

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Number Portability Administration Center” subcommittee, which has the strong support of “all aspects of the industry, state regulators, and consumers,” Neustar said. The commission should clarify the proposed process, however, to make clear that “any bidder that obtains an appropriate opinion of counsel would have its bid fully evaluated,” Neustar said. Neustar did not explain in the filing what counsel should give an opinion on. This would address concern about the breadth of participation in the RFP process, it said. The commission should “not heed calls” to mandate regional bids, Neustar said.