Telcordia’s Neutrality at Center of LNPA Deliberations

Commissioners’ aides appear to be particularly concerned, and are still working through, how to handle concerns raised about Telcordia’s ability to handle LNPA duties neutrally, given Ericsson’s ties with major carriers, said Michael Calabrese, director of the New America Foundation’s Wireless Future Project . Calabrese said he told commission officials that a voting trust, even with additional measures pro­posed by NAF, still wouldn’t deal with concerns about the impact on smaller carriers and other issues. NAF suggested the commission appoint an independent LNPA transition overseer to certify that transition costs for small- and mid-sized carriers are reasonable, and that the carriers are receiving the same services as now and of the same quality, Calabrese said.