CRTC reviewing extend of local number portability for VoIP

OTTAWA – The CRTC wants to know to what extend local number portability (LNP) has to be supported for access-dependent local voice over Internet Protocol services. The commission wants interveners to comment on implementation constraints, technical issues, customer demand and the cost-effectiveness of support for LNP in the following situations: 1. secondary numbers assigned from within the company’s operating territory, 2. secondary numbers assigned from outside the company’s operating territory, 3. primary numbers assigned from outside the company’s operating territory, 4. with respect to the porting-in of telephone numbers. This proceeding will not include matters relating to the recovery of...