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ast year, iconectiv was selected to serve

as the new Local Number Portability

Administrator (LNPA) for all seven of the

U.S. Number Portability Administration Center

(NPAC) regions. Here’s what you need to know

about the upcoming transition to a modern,

cost-efficient and secure NPAC.

It will have the same functionality as the

current system and will be completely compat-

ible with existing gateway systems.

Are vendors, service providers, service

bureaus and providers of telecom-related

services required to register with the

iconectiv NPAC?

Yes, all of these must register, even those

that only use the NPAC occasionally or work

through a third party to do porting or access

NPAC data. Registration of all current NPAC

users is essential to ensuring that service

provider IDs (SPIDs) remain operational post-

transition, and that customers can continue

to port numbers between phone companies.

Registration is also an opportunity for users to

update their company’s contact information.

Users are encouraged to register as soon as

possible to begin the transition process.

What is the NPAC transition timeline?

The NPAC transition occurs in five stages:

Project planning; platform build; outreach and

onboarding for registration; industry testing; and

finally, data migration. iconectiv is on track to

complete the transition by May 2018. iconectiv

will begin the industry testing phase in May 2017

and continue through mid-February 2018. Any

user with a service order activation (SOA) and/

or local service management system (LSMS)

interface to the NPAC, also known as a user with

mechanized access, must register by April 2017

to participate in the required testing. Users who

access the NPAC through the low-tech interface

(LTI), interactive voice response (IVR), or help

desk are not required to test, but interested

users are welcome to participate in testing. A

testing webcast to learn more about the testing

schedule and suite of industry test cases appli-

cable to each user group can be found at www.

numberportability.com/resources.

How will iconectiv support LTI users?

The iconectiv web-based LTI graphical user

interface (GUI) will provide the same function-

ality as the current LTI GUI, but with a new look

and feel. iconectiv will offer training to famil-

iarize users with the GUI and its functionality

beginning in May 2017.

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Users who have not yet registered for the

iconectiv NPAC are encouraged to do so now

to ensure that they are prepared for the transition.

Registration materials can be accessed at

www.numberportability.com .

The Local Number Portability Administration

Transition: Top 3 Things to Know

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