LNP Alliance Asks NANC to Clarify, Broaden Working Group's Role in LNPA Transition
The LNP Alliance asked the North American Numbering Council to clarify and broaden, if necessary, the role of the LNPA Working Group in the local number portability administrator transition from Neustar to Telcordia/iconectiv. Working group members recently raised questions and…
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concerns about certain LNPA transition technical requirements, including "information about issues with system or carrier/vendor certification," testing process success and failures, transition intervals and operational requirements, said David Malfara, LNP Alliance representative to the group, in a letter posted Thursday in FCC docket 09-109 to Betty Anne Kane, chairwoman of the NANC and the District of Columbia Public Service Commission. But the working group's co-chairs indicated the NANC limited the group's role "to developing test cases," which tends to restrict important discussion, Malfara said. "To the extent there is currently a view that the broader issues listed above cannot be discussed at an LNPA Working Group meeting, we request that the NANC permit that broader discussion among the experts of the LNPA Working Group," he wrote. "This is a critical time for the NANC to clarify and, if necessary, broaden the LNPA Working Group’s mandate for discussion. ... There must continue to be clear direction from the NANC that the LNPA Working Group is chartered with discussing and analyzing the broader set of technical requirements, including issues with system or carrier/vendor certification, operational requirements, testing process issues, successes and failures in the test process, transition intervals, and how such matters will be communicated to carriers and vendors."