LNP Alliance Asks To Be Part of LNP Administrator Selection Process

The LNP Alliance told the FCC it wants to be involved in and kept up to date on the development of the transition oversight plan to be filed by the North American Portability Management as part of the local number portability administrator (LNPA) selection process. The report was required by the FCC last month (see 1503260043). “Regardless of which entity provides the LNPA functions prospectively, the LNP Alliance is focused on ensuring that: the initial and recurring costs to smaller providers are not disproportionate or excessive; the transition occurs seamlessly with rigorous testing and thorough reliability; the LNPA is a neutral administrator; and the LNPA transition is conducted in such a manner that it accelerates and in no way impedes the IP Transition,” the alliance said in a Monday filing posted in docket 09-109.