INCOMPAS Spring 2017 - Day 2 Show Daily

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THE INCOMPAS SHOW DAY 2
Last 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.
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. p
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
The Local Number Portability Administration
Transition: Top 3 Things to Know
+1.800.770.3691
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