Section 6-80-61 - Number portability(a) As soon as technically feasible and economically reasonable, the commission, on its own motion or on the petition of any telecommunications carrier, shall institute a proceeding for the deployment of number portability. The commission shall hold a hearing to determine the terms and conditions of the deployment.(b) Telecommunications carriers shall: (1) Make necessary modifications to their facilities, networks, and equipment to allow for portability of telephone numbers between and among telecommunications carriers; and(2) Cooperate and use their best efforts to design, develop, and deploy the facilities, database, and associated connections necessary to support number portability.(c) The costs associated with the design, development, and deployment of the facilities, database, and associated connections shall be recovered on a cost-based basis from all telecommunications carriers accessing or utilizing number portability, including the incumbent carrier. The commission shall determine the contributions to be made by each carrier.(d) Once the telephone number portability database is developed and deployed, an independent third-party administrator designated by the commission shall administer the database and control the assignment of telephone numbers. The administrator shall use the administrator's best efforts to make telephone numbers available to telecommunications carriers on an equitable basis.(e) The costs of maintaining and administering the database shall be recovered from all telecommunications carriers accessing or utilizing the database, including the incumbent carrier, on such equitable basis as the commission may determine.[Eff ] (Auth: HRS §§ 269-6, 269-34 to 43) (Imp: HRS §§ 269-34 to 43, 47 U.S.C. §251 )