LNPA Transition Still on Track for May 'Final Acceptance Date,' NAPM Says
The local number portability administrator transition remains on track to meet the "final acceptance date of May 25, 2018," said North American Portability Management in its monthly update Friday in docket 09-109. Telcordia/iconectiv is taking over LNPA duties from Neustar.…
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NAPM said its transition oversight manager, PwC, continues to track transition risks, such as a lack of agreement on "key" requirements preventing certain plans from being finalized, including on "an approach and implementation commitment for LNPA transition contingency rollback"; "determination of appropriate contractual obligations governing contingency rollback and parallel operations"; and "governance of transition decision-making and resolution of potential disputes." The filing also updated the status of iconectiv's efforts to "on-board users to its new NPAC [Number Portability Administration Center] platform."