Telcordia/iconectiv, FP Seek to Reassure FCC on Their Neutrality in LNPA Matters
Telcordia/iconectiv and FP-Icon Holdings vowed to be neutral among industry parties as they supplemented their request that the FCC approve changes to iconectiv's local number portability administrator (LNPA) code of conduct and voting trust, and if necessary, transfer of control.…
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FP plans to become a minority investor in the incoming LNPA, which is owned by Ericsson (see 1705180018). Both iconectiv and FP "made clear" in their request they would remain neutral, and FP's involvement "raises no undue influence concerns," said their letters posted Thursday in docket 09-109. In its letter, FP "confirms that it meets all three prongs of the Commission’s neutrality test and that no telecommunications service provider owns a majority of FP’s debt, or is a source of a majority of FP’s revenues." Iconectiv's letter made a similar representation regarding its compliance with the test.