When the FCC ordered wireless carriers to allow number portability between carriers by November 2003, the carriers raised a ruckus. Wireless local number portability (WLNP), they complained, would be difficult to implement and cost them billions of dollars. They complained so loudly, in fact, that they got some well-known analyst firms to agree with those scope and cost estimates.
Because Accudata Technologies was familiar with the way wireline carriers implemented LNP and had provided these kinds of services for years, the company knew those figures were misleading and included additional projected costs of churn. Accudata wanted to refute the claims and talk about its own low-cost portability solution that could be implemented within 60 days. M/C/C recommended an analyst teletour to re-educate the analysts on the topic. As a result of the teletour, Accudata spoke with 11 of the 12 major analyst firms covering WLNP and helped dispel the myth that WLNP would take many months to implement and cost billions of dollars.
