FCC Says Court Should Reject Neustar Challenge to March LNPA Order for Procedural Reasons
The FCC asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reject Neustar’s challenge of the agency’s March order effectively giving rival Telcordia the inside track to become the next local number portability administrator. Neustar is the longtime…
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incumbent LNPA. Neustar had asked the court for an expedited review of the challenge (see 1505070047). The challenge isn't ripe because the March order is “not final Commission action,” the FCC told the D.C. Circuit in a pleading posted by the agency Friday. “Rather, it is an interim step in a process that, after additional Commission action, may result in the selection of a new Local Number Portability Administrator. Because the order from which Neustar seeks review is not final, the Court lacks jurisdiction to review it.” The selection of a new LNPA is a process that “has involved multiple steps over the course of several years” and the order "is merely the latest stage," the FCC said.