LNPA Move to Iconectiv Completed in Western Regions; Final NAPM Acceptance Due Friday
The local number portability administrator shift to iconectiv was "successfully completed" Sunday in the Western, Southwest and West Coast regions, said North American Portability Management, which the FCC charged with overseeing the LNPA transition. Iconectiv said Monday it was the…
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third and final round of "successful" regional cutovers from incumbent Neustar (see 1804090028 and 1805070033), and noted NAPM is scheduled to formally "accept" iconectiv's systems and services Friday. “This final regional transition brings us near the end of a more than decade-long journey to bring the nation a modern and cost effective number portability system,” said iconectiv CEO Richard Jacowleff. NARUC General Counsel Brad Ramsay and others told us they weren't aware of any significant problems with the cutovers in the three regions, which include every state west of the Mississippi River except Louisiana. "Everything went well! No issues to speak of!" emailed Carolee Hall, Idaho Public Utilities Commission telecom analyst. Mark Iannuzzi, president of TelNet WorldWide and a board member of the Cloud Communications Alliance, hadn't heard of any "major" issues: "It’s my understanding that there are some unresolved issues (I’m looking to find out more on this), but the industry has agreed to allow Iconectiv to resolve [them] after the cutovers."