Neustar delivers one-day number porting to regional operators

DECEMBER 19, 2010 -- Neustar Inc. has announced the availability of its one-day porting turnkey service, designed to enable small- to medium-sized operators to meet new requirements and perhaps avoid costly network upgrades in doing so. Neustar PortXpress employs a secure, cloud-based architecture that enables operators to reduce the interval for port requests to one business day, enabling them to meet the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) new one-day number porting requirements by the January 31, 2011, deadline without system modification or new capital investments.

"Organizations and consumers are accustomed to being able to take their telephone numbers with them as they take advantage of marketplace choices," says Steve Edwards, senior vice president, Carrier Services at Neustar. "Neustar's new service makes it even easier for operators to manage these transitions and seamlessly connect their customers."

Edwards adds, "Neustar processes millions of transactions a month in the US, Canada, Taiwan and Brazil. PortXpress builds on our foundation of number portability and network interconnection experience."

Beginning January 31, 2011, all operators will be required to provide enterprises and consumers with the ability to transfer basic telephone numbers from one operator to another in as little as one business day. PortXpress allows operators to comply with these new guidelines, says a representative.

For regional operators, complying with this regulation could require costly upgrades to their network services and an increase in reporting functions. PortXpress grants operators access to real-time call routing information. It also reduces risk by streamlining simple number porting functionality and ensuring compliance with FCC mandates to avoid potential non-compliance penalties.