Common Language® in Mexico

data sheet common language® in Mexico the need for a consistent & the key is using a proven industry harmonized national data solution for naming all network infrastructure in Mexico elements The telecommunications sector in Mexico is rapidly iconectiv’s Common Language® Information changing with the introduction of regulations and Services is a telecommunications data infrastructure investment aimed both at increasing competition and management solution used by hundreds of in the industry and improving broadband access customers throughout the global telecommunication nationwide. The success of these new initiatives industry. Included in this group are Mexico’s reigning hinges on regulatory oversight, from monitoring incumbent and service providers throughout Canada rollout and tracking progress, to providing a and the U.S. In Mexico alone, over 16,000 network consistent framework for all players to report on their locations are already coded within the Common ongoing operations and coverage. Language global registry. Common Language provides a unique combination of software tools, To enable these actions, the Federal expertise, standards management and industry forum Telecommunications Institute (IFT) needs a consistent facilitation and direction to achieve a level of data and extensive data infrastructure across operator infrastructure management not possible in a single networks, systems, people and processes. service provider. Common Language is applicable to: success factors for IFT initiatives • Network Equipment Assets • Inside and Outside Plant Location Definition IFT needs to ensure a level playing field for participating service providers, through mandated • Connections, Circuits, Paths Definitions cost analysis that defines price ceilings for services • Service Definition and Standardization delivered by regional service providers. Consistent pricing results in an optimized network, which securing a harmonized view across adequately serves all segments of the market. Further, consistent pricing drives competition service providers through increased interconnections and effective co- Common Language is an established data location for improved service delivery. These actions infrastructure standard that brings order to telecom are critical for the success of the new initiatives to markets with many competing players. Through our increase competition and to promote broadband industry-leading single database solution, IFT can access to all consumers in a cost-effective manner. leverage Common Language solutions to harmonize Not having a consistent view across service providers views across a deployment and ensure the challenges will severely hamper the oversight required, are met so the stated goals can be achieved: introduce irregularities in reporting and lead to • Rollout progress at specific locations inconsistencies in measuring the effectiveness of and infrastructure tracking: Consistent the rollout - thereby preventing regulators from identification of exchange locations will enable obtaining an accurate view of progress made toward IFT to track rollout progress. Similarly, network reaching their goals. provider locations can be tracked and managed through consistent location identifiers. common language® in Mexico • Efficient interconnection and shared capacity The use of an efficient and informative coding method for broadband access: By adopting a common enables seamless interconnection among operators specification for facilitating connection requests, and fosters a competitive environment. Lengthy operators can seamlessly interconnect to deliver forms describing the location, the equipment used, services and provide consistent reporting to IFT the connectivity information and the services to be on interconnection points and available capacity provided are prone to errors due to duplication and for shared access. human error. iconectiv’s Common Language enables such forms to be replaced and automated by a series • Ensure level playing field and competitive of industry-adopted codes—eliminating the overhead environment: IFT can ensure fair play and of time and resources and enabling all players in the industry competition through a harmonized industry to collaborate efficiently. view of the industry that drives regulatory compliance, oversight of all players involved and enables insights to measure the success of ensuring success of the IFT established initiatives. initiatives A standardized, centralized, and field-proven data leveraging centralized data and infrastructure solution such as Common Language is automated communication the prerequisite for enabling competition. This spans from Local Loop Unbundling to the successful rollout Numerous systems make use of data relating and long-term viability of Mexico’s Plan Nacional de to physical addresses, equipment information, Banda Ancha (NBP), or National Broadband Plan, equipment use, circuit paths, circuit assignment, through: circuit use, service use and definition. Common Language removes the need to host the same • A dynamic communications market with data in multiple systems and instead provides a increased consumer choice centralized master copy of the data infrastructure. • Improved service delivery from consistent This single database approach reduces or eliminates pricing, efficient interconnections, and cost- data maintenance, duplication and error rates. effective equipment co-location Common Language ensures all players in the industry are using a consistent format to define • An accurate and easy-to-obtain regulatory view locations, equipment, services and connections of the rollout progress thanks to standardized thereby harmonizing the underlying entities that service provider reporting of network coverage describe a telecommunications network. and operations About iconectiv Make the connection. At iconectiv, we envision a world without boundaries, where the For more information about iconectiv, contact your ability to access and exchange information is simple, secure and local account executive, or you can reach us at: seamless. Our network and operations management, numbering, +1 732.699.6800 registry, fraud and revenue assurance, and messaging solutions enable the interconnection of networks, devices and applications [email protected] for more than 1,000 customers globally and one billion people www.iconectiv.com every day. iCOL-DS-CL-E-LT-001, September 2016 © 2016 Telcordia Technologies, Inc. dba iconectiv. All rights reserved. Telcordia and Common Language are registered trademarks and iconectiv, CLLI, CLFI, CLCI, NC/NCI, CLEI and USOC and FID are trademarks and intellectual property of Telcordia Technologies Inc. dba iconectiv (“iconectiv”)..

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