North American Number Portability Gateway Overview

Consumer demand for number portability continues to grow as market competition increases. To meet this demand, you must be able to quickly and accurately port numbers between mobile and wireline operators. Subscriber satisfaction and many crucial business processes depend on it.

Telcordia can help with highly scalable provisioning software that addresses the many inherent number porting challenges you face.

What is North American Number Portability Gateway?

Part of our Number Portability suite, our North American Number Portability Gateway solution automates flowthrough for virtually trouble-free phone number porting. As porting volume increases, it creates substantial business process efficiencies to reduce costs, all while remaining fast and reliable.

Built to address all of today's number porting challenges, North American Number Portability Gateway is:

• Flexible. Offers a service bureau model for operators that want to outsource their WNP or LNP operations. Also offers a clearinghouse to facilitate the physical interconnection with trading partners.
• Compliant. Meets North American Number Council (NANC) specifications for interconnection with Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC), plus Wireless Intercarrier Communications Interface Specification (WICIS) for Local Number Portability and Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) guidelines for interconnection with trading partners.
• Robust. Offers comprehensive Service Order Administration (SOA) and Local Service Management System (LSMS) functionality for operating with any NPAC.
• Easy. Provides a user-friendly GUI interface for easy workflow management while seamlessly integrating with existing ordering or billing system infrastructure.
• Intelligent. Automatically collects reporting and audit trail data to track porting activity while providing fallout management support, including robust internal process tools for detection and resolution or an interface to an external trouble ticket system.

Why Use North American Number Portability Gateway?

Consider our North American Number Portability Gateway if you want to:

• Save time, eliminate errors. Fully automated to reduce processing time and eliminate costly errors.
• Reduce costs. Decrease operational costs with more efficient billing, customer care, service activation, service assurance, provisioning and trouble-ticketing operations.
• Move forward with confidence. We have the most trusted and proven number porting solution worldwide.