NeuStar sues FCC over loss of number portability contract

NeuStar Inc. is suing the Federal Communications Commission over its recent recommendation to award a major contract for local number portability to rival Telcordia Technologies, according to a filing made with the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C.

The FCC made its recommendation in an order filed March 27, giving North American Portability Management LLC, a telecommunications industry consortium, the authority to begin negotiating a new contract with Telcordia.

NeuStar (NYSE: NSR) has asked that…