The FCC must implement an explicit, competitively neutral cost re...
The FCC must implement an explicit, competitively neutral cost recovery mechanism if it shortens the number porting interval for wireline and intermodal ports, said the Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance. The commission is working out details of a porting…
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order to be voted on at the May 13 meeting, including how many days to set the interval. Agency officials characterized current discussions among eighth-floor offices as collegial. In a Tuesday letter to the agency, the ITTA said a shortened interval, whether two business or calendar days, “would require burdensome, expensive upgrades” for the association’s mid-sized rural incumbent carriers. Historically, the regulator has permitted recovery of local number portability costs via a line-item charge, and it should continue to do so, the ITTA said. To avoid problems, the FCC should clarify that price-cap carrier may use an exogenous cost adjustment to achieve full recovery of costs, it said. The ITTA estimated its members will need at least 18 months to upgrade electronic systems and staffing.