Neustar Pushes FCC for Public Scrutiny of NAPM-Telcordia LNPA Service Proposal
Neustar pressed the FCC to make public the proposed master service agreement (MSA) for Ericsson's Telcordia (iconectiv) as the next local number portability administrator (LNPA). The proposal was submitted recently by North American Portability Management (see 1604010062) and is the…
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subject of a draft FCC approval order (see 1604080062). Under a protective order, "essentially the only people who can gain access to the proposed MSA are lawyers and outside consultants -- not the technical and managerial personnel who are in the best position to understand the document and its implications," said a Neustar filing Monday in 09-109 summarizing meetings it held last week with Commissioners Ajit Pai and Mike O'Rielly, their aides and aides to Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel. Neustar said the confidentiality protections create "unnecessary risk of a prolonged or failed transition," deprive the FCC of Neustar's technical expertise and prevent broader public scrutiny. "Neustar emphasized that its concerns have nothing to do with any objections to the Commission's decision to select Ericsson as the next LNPA," it said. "On the contrary, since the Commission made its selection determination in March 2015, Neustar has cooperated with the efforts of the NAPM and the Transition Oversight Manager to plan for an effective transition. Nevertheless, Neustar has been excluded from negotiations related to the transition."