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The results of the six-month experiment giving VoIP...

The results of the six-month experiment giving VoIP providers direct access to numbers are in. In a report Friday, the FCC Wireline Bureau found that “it is technically feasible for interconnected VoIP providers to obtain telephone numbers directly from the…

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numbering administrators” (http://fcc.us/LiPXSU). “The trial did not identify technical problems regarding number porting, VoIP interconnection, or intercarrier compensation,” the report said. There “may be some confusion regarding parties’ rights and obligations with respect to porting and interconnection, but the Bureau believes that these matters could be addressed in pending rulemakings addressing those topics,” it said: Those rulemakings will provide “additional clarity and guidance."