NAPM Expects To Give New LNP Adminstrator Contract to FCC This Month
North American Portability Management expects to conclude negotiations with iconectiv on a new local number portability administrator contract and deliver it to the FCC this month, said a NAPM transition status report posted Wednesday in FCC docket 95-116. NAPM plans…
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to begin negotiations with incumbent LNP administrator Neustar on an agreement for transition services beyond standard number-porting services (which allow consumers to keep their phone numbers when they switch carriers but not locations), the status report said. NAPM, with the help of transition oversight manager PricewaterhouseCoopers, is negotiating performance benchmarks, incentives and remedies, including financial penalties if either Neustar or iconectiv fails to meet their obligations during the transition, said an accompanying NAPM submission updating its transition oversight plan. The plan includes more details on NAPM's efforts to reach out to stakeholders and invite their input. It also includes a timeline that currently projects the LNP administrator transition will conclude mid-2017. Neustar is challenging in court the FCC March decision to award Telcordia (which does business as iconectiv) the contract subject to conditions, and its opening brief is due Sept. 21 (see 1508190033).