FCC Grants Neustar Neutrality Changes for Interim iTRS Administrator Extension
The FCC approved neutrality requirement changes Neustar wanted and accepted in order to continue in the role of internet-based telecom relay service telephone director administrator for an interim period. The changes take effect Jan. 1, said a Wireline Bureau letter…
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made available last week. The bureau noted Neustar's iTRS contract was to expire Dec. 31, but the FCC asked it to continue in the role for an additional five or six months while the agency pursues a successor vendor and smooth transition. The letter also noted that until recently, Neustar had been the numbering administrator for three other databases: It stepped down as local number portability administrator May 25, and its contracts as North American numbering plan administrator and the thousands-block pooling administrator expire Dec. 31.