LNPA Transition on Track, With Lower Risks Heading Into New Regional Migrations, NAPM Says
The local number portability administrator transition remains on track to meet a May 25 deadline for "final acceptance" of iconectiv's Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC), with previous risks largely addressed, said a North American Portability Management report for April in…
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docket 09-109. "Program risks previously reported here have been either mitigated or resolved. There are currently no summary-level program risks being tracked," said NAPM, the industry consortium the FCC charged with overseeing the LNPA transition. It said the first regional NPAC migration from incumbent Neustar to iconectiv "was successfully completed" April 8 (see 1804060030 and 1804130030). "The iconectiv NPAC is now processing porting transactions for NPAC users in the Southeast region," the report said. "Mechanized and low-tech interface users are accessing the NPAC. Mass Update / Mass Port jobs are being successfully processed, and the interface with the pooling administrator is operational. As part of the April 8th migration, interactive voice response service also transitioned nationwide. No critical or high severity defects for the iconectiv NPAC are currently outstanding." NAPM noted it reached a rollback agreement on April 6 with Neustar giving industry providers "a way to revert back to Neustar’s NPAC" if necessary. The Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regional migrations are set for Sunday, and the Southwest, Western, and West Coast migrations are set for May 20. Neustar didn't comment.