Telcordia Says FCC Needs to Move on LNPA Selection
It's time for the FCC to wrap up the selection of a local number portability administrator, said Telcordia executives and lawyers for the company in a series of meetings at the FCC, with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and aides to other…
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commissioners. “Telcordia has been pushing to bring competition to number portability administration for the past ten years,” the company said in a filing in docket 09-109. In that period, there have been three “major contract extensions” and modifications of the LNPA contract with Neustar and the cost of the contract had “skyrocketed,” from $200 million in 2005 to about $500 million in 2015, Telcordia said. “Any further delays will significantly harm consumers.” Neustar fired back. “Once again, Ericsson is impatiently stamping its feet just as the FCC is seriously digging in to the many important issues raised by this botched process," a spokesperson said. "Ericsson must know that a full and thorough evaluation will find that the company falls short when it comes to meeting the needs of all carriers and consumers.” Ericsson is the parent of Telcordia.