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Local number portability and local loop competition. Critical issues

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Local telephone number portability (LNP), the ability of a telephone subscriber to change local exchange carriers, location or type of service without changing telephone numbers, is an essential feature of a competitive local loop market. This article describes these three types of portability and then examines the implications for local loop competition of specific LNP issues: implementation techniques; E-911 emergency services delivery; neutrality of subscriber database and number administration; infrastructure cost allocation and cost recovery. Evolution of number portability policy in the US, including jurisdictional complications, is reviewed.

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  • Reinke, Thomas H, 1998. "Local number portability and local loop competition. Critical issues," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 73-87, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:22:y:1998:i:1:p:73-87
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    1. Lee, Jongsu & Kim, Yeonbae & Lee, Jeong-Dong & Park, Yuri, 2006. "Estimating the extent of potential competition in the Korean mobile telecommunications market: Switching costs and number portability," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 24(1), pages 107-124, January.
    2. Aoki, Reiko & Arai, Yasuhiro, 2013. "Standards and Innovation: Technology vs. Installed Base," CIS Discussion paper series 601, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
    3. Gans, Joshua S. & King, Stephen P. & Woodbridge, Graeme, 2001. "Numbers to the people: regulation, ownership and local number portability," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 13(2), pages 167-180, June.
    4. Marcio Iorio Aranha, 2016. "Telecommunications Regulatory Design in Brazil: Networking around State Capacity Deficits," ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2016(2), pages 83-105.

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