Telcordia Objects to Neustar Request to Lift LNPA Agreement Confidentiality Protections
Telcordia (iconectiv) opposed Neustar's request the FCC remove confidentiality protections for Article 19 of a "Master Services Agreement" covering iconectiv as the incoming local number portability administrator, replacing Neustar. "Article 19 contains provisions regarding delays, damages, performance credits, and default,"…
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said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 09-109. Citing its opposition to a previous, unsuccessful Neustar appeal to the FCC for disclosure, Telcordia said knowing such details "could enable Neustar to undermine the transition by strategically withholding its cooperation in ways calculated to cause delay." Telcordia said Neustar's new request (see 1801250037) "presented no changed circumstances" justifying a change in the agency's analysis: "Indeed, Neustar’s actions to date give every reason for concern that it will attempt to delay or undermine the transition. Neustar claims that circumstances have changed because the D.C. Circuit has now rejected its appeal of the [LNPA] Selection Order. But the fact that the court cannot now order a rebid does not change the fact that release of Article 19 would enable Neustar to undermine the transition, potentially costing the industry millions of dollars and generating millions of dollars of undeserved profit for Neustar."