Small-Carrier and Consumer Groups Seek FCC Answers About LNPA Transition

Groups representing smaller carriers and consumers voiced renewed concerns about the process for the FCC plan to shift local number portability administrator (LNPA) duties from Neustar to Ericsson's iconectiv. The groups said they represent parties and companies that aren't members of North American Portability Management, which is made up of larger carriers and has been charged by the FCC with overseeing the transition. "The input of these non-NAPM companies into the LNPA Transition process has been very limited to date," said the LNP Alliance, which was joined by FISPA (which represents over 150 small and midsize CLECs and broadband/Internet providers) and New America's Open Technology Institute in a letter that was also signed by a Public Knowledge official. The groups attached three pages of detailed questions, mostly about the activities and plans of the transition oversight manager, PwC. Both filings were posted Wednesday in docket 95-116.