<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Link? for helpdesk?<div><br></div><div>here it says some other requirements</div><div><a href="https://numberportability.com/transition/service-providers/">https://numberportability.com/transition/service-providers/</a><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:avenir;font-size:16px">To register as a Service Provider, you must have an Operating Company Number (OCN) issued from the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA), hold Operating Authority, Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN), Radio License or VoIP Proof of Numbering and participate in porting numbers. If you meet the Service Provider criteria, there is a three-step registration process:</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:avenir;font-size:16px"><br></span></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:53 AM Mary Lou Carey via VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">If you are a carrier you can sign up for the NPAC Helpdesk (online) for <br>
free, but you do need to provide proof of liability and workers comp <br>
insurance. The contact information for each carrier is noted in the <br>
contact section of the bulletin board.<br>
<br>
MARY LOU CAREY<br>
BackUP Telecom Consulting<br>
Office: 615-791-9969<br>
Cell: 615-796-1111<br>
<br>
On 2023-01-27 07:30 PM, Nathan Anderson via VoiceOps wrote:<br>
> Hey all,<br>
> <br>
> As someone who still relies wholly on CLEC partners for TDM-to-IP &<br>
> numbering resources, and thus has no access to NPAC, how would one<br>
> hunt down contact information for a telecom's porting department, if<br>
> it was not published anywhere on their public web site?<br>
> <br>
> Rumor has it that NPAC has a list of contact info for all<br>
> participating entities...is that the only centralized list of its<br>
> kind? Also, would any telecoms without their own numbering resources<br>
> be listed in there?<br>
> <br>
> Reason for question is that we are beating our head into a brick wall<br>
> trying to port some numbers currently attached to analog landlines<br>
> over for a new sub. The billing entity seems to just be a reseller as<br>
> far as I can tell, as LRN lookup for all numbers show the local ILEC,<br>
> and I can't find any sign that this entity has any numbers or even an<br>
> OCN to their name (though I also do not have copy of LERG to check,<br>
> either). Porting dept. for winning carrier is submitting LSR to the<br>
> ILEC, not the reseller, and naturally getting a slew of rejections<br>
> back.<br>
> <br>
> The one contact that the end-user has for this reseller has not been<br>
> super-helpful. They insist that the winning carrier needs to "reach<br>
> out to [our] port team to coordinate" but when I ask for contact<br>
> details, I'm told he doesn't have them to share & that the "porting<br>
> department of the new carrier should be aware of the process".<br>
> <br>
> Oh really? And how exactly are they supposed to find the contact<br>
> information for your ports people?<br>
> <br>
> Just in case (as I suspect) they don't already have it at their<br>
> fingertips, I'd like to find and share this contact info with our<br>
> underlying carrier in order to help grease the wheels and avoid any<br>
> further delays.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks,<br>
> <br>
> -- Nathan<br>
> <br>
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