NAPM Disputes Continued Neustar Criticisms of LNPA Contract, Process
North American Portability Management dismissed Neustar's continued concerns about the FCC-planned local number portability administrator transition to Telcordia (see 1607070057) as inaccurate and an attempt by the incumbent LNPA to delay the change. In a letter posted Monday in docket…
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09-109, NAPM said Telcordia hasn't violated any national security commitments or made misrepresentations, and NAPM with FCC oversight will ensure Telcordia delivers a Number Portability Administration Center that is "built in America from the ground up using only U.S. citizens." NAPM cited $1 million in postponed cost savings for every day the transition is delayed and said the FCC already has considered and denied Neustar's claims that the agency's actions undermined the LNPA competitive bidding process. NAPM, the North American Numbering Council and the FCC "all agreed that both Neustar and Telcordia are qualified to serve as the LNPA, but Telcordia's bid was, over the term of the New [master services agreement], thousands of millions of dollars lower than Neustar's bid," NAPM said, citing current MSA contract costs of about $496 million per year compared with a proposed Telcordia MSA costing about $175 million in the first year. "None of the issues that Neustar has raised warrants further consideration by the Commission," NAPM said, urging the FCC "to promptly approve the New MSA so that the important security enhancements of the New MSA can be implemented as soon as possible and the American public will not unnecessarily continue to incur approximately $1M for each day of delay." Neustar didn't comment Monday. The FCC is reviewing draft orders to approve the proposed Telcordia MSA and to address a Neustar appeal of a bureau decision keeping much of the contract confidential (see 1604120038).