STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS
Re:  Local Number Portability Porting Interval and Validation Requirements, WC Docket No. 
07-244; Telephone Number Portability, CC Docket No. 95-116
I am pleased to support today’s Order, which provides the final steps needed for carriers 
to implement the one-business day local number porting interval for wireline-to-wireline and 
intermodal ports that this Commission unanimously adopted just over one year ago when I was 
Acting Chairman.  In the 1996 Telecommunications Act, Congress imposed a number portability 
obligation on providers so consumers could retain their phone numbers when switching 
carriers. This was both consumer-friendly and competition-friendly. But not only do consumers 
have to be able to port their numbers, the providers need to complete the ports in a timely manner.  
The FCC figured this out over a dozen years ago when it implemented a four-business day 
interval, and I think the shortened interval we adopted in last year’s Porting Interval Order was a 
much-needed and achievable update.  I am pleased that, as promised, this Order adopts the 
necessary steps—standardized data fields for simple ports and the North American Numbering 
Council (NANC) recommendations for porting process provisioning flows and for addressing the 
one-business day requirement—to make the one-business day interval happen.  No doubt, there 
are always other issues to be considered—the interval for some non-simple ports or outstanding 
questions regarding CPNI to name just two.  But, at this time, the NANC, the FCC staff and the 
Chairman’s office have done great work in preparing companies to implement this, starting in 
August.  I thank you all, and my colleagues, for the hard work put into finishing this process.  I 
look forward to witnessing and experiencing the many benefits that will, I am confident, flow 
from the implementation of this change.