This week, we announced the results of our 2012 annual customer survey for the Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC), the service that lets U.S. consumers keep their phone numbers when switching carriers. It was a spectacular year. Neustar scored a remarkable 3.84 out of a possible 4, across all categories – our highest score ever, [...]
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Number Portability Through the Global Lens
In the U.S., the number portability mandate has been one of the success stories of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 enabling competition and consumer choice. And, across the globe, governments and regulatory bodies have taken steps to stimulate the rapid implementation of number portability. To describe this global phenomenon in greater detail, we are pleased [...]
Local Number Portability in the U.S. and India, a Comparison
Communications markets are not the same worldwide. That sounds like an obvious statement, but sometimes it is enticing to try to look to the experiences of other markets to make informed decisions about change or continuity in your own market. However, a recent white paper by Dr. W. Bruce Allen from The Wharton School at [...]
Telephone Numbers are Portable; Is the NPAC
A white paper released today examines the Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) and the broad role it plays in our nation’s telecom infrastructure. In the paper commissioned by Neustar, Jennifer Pigg and Brian Partridge, both from the Yankee Group, evaluated many important issues related to local number portability (LNP) including the NPAC’s function in sustaining [...]
NPAC Performance: Neustar Receives a Perfect Score
People talk a lot about what’s wrong with the economy these days, but here’s some good news: Technology has allowed America’s citizens to enjoy the benefits of a communications revolution built to meet ever-growing and diverse demands. And this growing demand for staying connected is being amplified by an entertainment and social media aspect to [...]
NPAC Straight Talk
It’s easy to take things for granted sometimes – a beautiful sunset, family, friends and Local Number Portability (LNP). Huh? Yup, LNP. At Neustar, we make LNP happen – so when you switch to a new telecom carrier, your number goes with you. That sounds like something to take for granted, but at two billion [...]
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