Number Portability

Proven, comprehensive solutions to help manage all your number portability challenges

We are the leading global supplier with the most number portability deployments worldwide, of a comprehensive suite of solutions to accelerate number portability implementation and streamline operations for both fixed and mobile service providers. In the U.S. alone, more than 95% of all mobile number portability transactions exchanged between Tier 1 service providers are processed by Telcordia.

From training and consulting services to software solution and managed services, we address your key business concerns on number portability by:

Reducing the time and costs of introducing and managing number portability
Facilitating on-time compliance with numbering mandates and directives
Realizing significant competitive benefits

Our holistic approach to implement a nationwide number portability mandate includes both fixed or local number portability (LNP) and mobile/wireless number portability (MNP/WNP) and offers:

A centralized number portability clearinghouse
Value-added provisioning and real-time querying number portability solutions that integrate the selected national clearinghouse with a service provider's operations and networks
Solutions that accelerate cost-effective implementation of number portability nationwide
Numbering solutions within each provider's environment that pave the way to open competition with innovative services

Our Number Portability offers include:

Number Portability Planning and Readiness Advisory Services: Assisting regulators as well as fixed and mobile service providers to plan and implement numbering mandates worldwide.
Number Portability Clearinghouse: Automating ordering, provisioning, notification and administration for porting numbers between service providers in a country.
Number Portability Gateway: Processing and managing the exchange of number data between operators and the national centralized clearinghouse while enabling integration with back-end operations and network systems and processes.
Service Management Gateway for Wireless Number Portability (WNP): Automating the number porting process while seamlessly integrating with existing Operations Support Systems (OSSs). (Specifically for the North American market)
Advanced Service Management System for Local Number Portability: Providing port-corrected routing information to network elements in support of both Local and Wireless Number Portability (LNP/WNP). (Specifically for the North American market.)
Numbering Seminars: Addressing numbering strategies and number portability implementation. Regulator and operator training led by industry recognized experts.
Numbering Advisory Services: Helping regulators develop rules and guidelines for structuring, allocating and reserving numbers for all types of national telecommunications services within a given country, and methods and procedures for an equitable assignment and administration of numbering resources.
Number Management System: A web-based system for regulators to assign, track and administer numbering resources to operators in a mechanized fashion.