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CTIA Says LNPA Delay Would Cost Millions

CTIA stood by its claim that extending the local number portability administrator contract beyond the June 2015 expiration date would cost $40 million per month, in a letter sent to the FCC and posted on the group’s webpage Monday. Neustar…

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had asserted the claim was “wrong on its face" (see 1412030046), but “provides no explanation for disputing the accuracy of the calculation,” CTIA said. CTIA urged the commission to confirm Telcordia as the LNPA by the end of this year. CTIA's claim "ignores the undisputed fact that the alternative to the monthly cost of extending the contract is not an expenditure of $0 per month," a Neustar spokeswoman replied in an email. "Neustar has demonstrated that the expected costs of transition -- $60 million per month in the first year alone -- dwarf the annual difference between the proposals.”