COMMON LANGUAGE® Telecommunications Service Providers IAC Codes, Exchange Carrier Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions Telcordia Technologies Practice BR-751-100-112 Issue 2 April 1999 Proprietary — Licensed Material Possession or use of this material or any of the COMMON LANGUAGE Codes, Rules, and Information disclosed herein requires a written license agreement and is governed by its terms and conditions. For more information, visit www.commonlanguage.com/notices. An SAIC Company BR-751-100-112 TSP IAC Codes, EC names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions Issue 2 Copyright Page April 1999 COMMON LANGUAGE® Telecommunications Service Providers IAC Codes, Exchange Carrier Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions Prepared for Telcordia Technologies by: Lois Modrell Target audience: Telecommunications Service Providers This document replaces: BR-751-100-112, Issue 1, March 1998 Technical contact: Lois Modrell To obtain copies of this document, contact your company’s document coordinator or call 1-800-521-2673 (from the USA and Canada) or 1-732-699-5800 (all others), or visit our Web site at www.telcordia.com. Telcordia employees should call (732) 699-5802. Copyright © 1997-1999 Telcordia Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Project Funding Year: 1999 Trademark Acknowledgments Telcordia is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, Inc. COMMON LANGUAGE is a registered trademark of Telcordia Technologies. Proprietary — Licensed Material See confidentiality restrictions on title page. 2 BR-751-100-112 Issue 2 TSP IAC Codes, EC Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions April 1999 Disclaimer Notice of Disclaimer This document is issued by Telcordia Technologies, Inc. to inform Telcordia customers of the Telcordia practice relating to COMMON LANGUAGE® Telecommunications Service Providers IAC Codes, Exchange Carrier Names - Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions. Neither this document nor any of its contents should be disclosed to persons other than employees of the company receiving this document directly from Telcordia. Telcordia reserves the right to revise this document for any reason, including but not limited to, conformity with standards promulgated by various agencies, utilization of advances in the state of the technical arts, or the reflection of changes in the design of any equipment, techniques, or procedures described or referred to herein. 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Telcordia does not recommend products, and nothing contained herein is intended as a recommendation of any product to anyone. Proprietary — Licensed Material See proprietary restrictions on title page. 3 BR-751-100-112 TSP IAC Codes, EC Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions Issue 2 Disclaimer April 1999 Proprietary — Licensed Material See confidentiality restrictions on title page. 4 BR-751-100-112 Issue 2 TSP IAC Codes, EC Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions April 1999 Contents Contents Contents 1. Purpose . 9 2. Scope . 9 3. Reason for Issue . 9 4. General . 9 5. IAC Codes . 10 6. Exchange Carrier Name Codes . 11 7. Company Codes - Telcordia and Regional Holding Companies . 12 Proprietary — Licensed Material See proprietary restrictions on title page. 5 BR-751-100-112 TSP IAC Codes, EC Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions Issue 2 Contents April 1999 Proprietary — Licensed Material See confidentiality restrictions on title page. 6 BR-751-100-112 Issue 2 TSP IAC Codes, EC Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions April 1999 List of Tables List of Tables Tables Table A. IAC Codes Sorted by Company Name . 13 Table B. IAC Codes Sorted by Code . 145 Table C. Exchange Carrier Codes Sorted by Company Name . 277 Table D. Exchange Carrier Codes Sorted by Code . 319 Table E. Telcordia and Regional Holding Company Codes . 360 Proprietary — Licensed Material See proprietary restrictions on title page. 7 BR-751-100-112 TSP IAC Codes, EC Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions Issue 2 List of Tables April 1999 Proprietary — Licensed Material See confidentiality restrictions on title page. 8 BR-751-100-112 Issue 2 TSP IAC Codes, EC Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions April 1999 Purpose 1. Purpose This Practice (BR) is a consolidation of the data in three BRs that were discontinued 1 in 1998: • BR 751-100-115, COMMON LANGUAGE® Interexchange Access Customer (IAC) Codes • BR 751-100-110, COMMON LANGUAGE® Exchange Carrier Names • BR 751-100-175, COMMON LANGUAGE® Bellcore and Regional Holding Company Codes. It is important to note that the three code sets continue to remain separate and different from each other. The intent of this document is to put all codes that represent company names in one place for ease of use by the user. This BR contains the standard codes for the representation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers, Interexchange Carriers, Resellers, Wireless Services Providers, Enhanced Service Providers, Telecommunications Billing and/or Processing Companies, Competitive Access Providers, Regional Holding Companies and any other type of company that is part of the telecommunications industry. 2. Scope The codes in this BR are used by the following types of organizations: Network Distribution, Switching Operations, Financial/Comptrollers and Regulatory/ External Affairs. They are particularly applicable to the following operations: Ordering, Circuit Provisioning, Billing and Bill Verification. Two important uses of these codes are interfacing between companies and achieving flow-through. These codes serve as a trigger to get an order moving through the process in most companies. 3. Reason for Issue This BR is issued to combine the company name code sets into one place and to reflect all standard codes in all categories that have been assigned up to the publication of this document. 4. General Direct questions concerning this Practice to the General Codes Code Set Subject Matter Expert, Language Standards Department, Telcordia. Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Proprietary — Internal Use Only See proprietary restrictions on title page. 9 BR-751-100-112 TSP IAC Codes, EC Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions Issue 2 IAC Codes April 1999 The Telcordia Language Standards Department provides the technical expertise to maintain the General Codes Code Set of which these codes are a part. The COMMON LANGUAGE Technical Advisory Group (TAG) contributes to this process in accordance with the procedures outlined in BR 751-000-102, COMMON LANGUAGE® Code Set Request Procedures. 5. IAC Codes IAC formerly stood for Interexchange Access Customer. As changes have occurred in the telecommunications industry, the words “Interexchange” and “Access” became confusing to users of these codes. The COMMON LANGUAGE Technical 5 Advisory Group recognized this dilemma and made the decision to refer to these codes as IAC codes. An IAC is a telecommunications or information provider who may be classified as any of the functional entities listed in the Purpose section above. IAC codes are assigned to these companies by Telcordia as the maintenance agent for ANSI T1.251. The attempt is made to make the codes mnemonic when such a code is available and not already assigned. The code is made up of three alphabetic characters. One code per company is assigned. Separate codes are not assigned for different functions of a company. If it is necessary to define a function of a company, it is done in other ways, e.g., with the use of Field Identifiers on a Service Order. (A given company may be assigned one IAC code as well as one Exchange Carrier Name code. The requirement for which code is needed is determined by the companies with whom the company does business, i.e., some companies require a three-character code for their processes and some companies require a four- character code.) When mergers, acquisitions or buyouts occur, the Telcordia COMMON LANGUAGE General Codes Chairperson should be informed so that the code(s) will reflect the way the “new” company is doing business. Telcordia works with each company to determine the best way for the change in structure to be represented, i.e., name change on existing code, referencing several existing codes to now use one overall code etc. The codes are used by work groups with functions listed in the Scope section above. Codes that begin with the letter Z are for local assignment and use. (There are a few exceptions to this rule as five Z codes have been assigned over the years as standard codes.) A company may have internal reasons for wanting to track various items through their processes and these codes can be the vehicle. There may also be reason during a trial or test of a new system or service to use these codes. They could also be used locally for other functions. Each company assigns their own Z codes if they have a need. They keep track of the meaning of the codes within their Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Proprietary — Internal Use Only See proprietary restrictions on title page. 10 BR-751-100-112 Issue 2 TSP IAC Codes, EC Names, Company Codes - Telcordia and Regions April 1999 Exchange Carrier Name Codes company. THESE CODES ARE NOT TO BE USED TO INTERFACE WITH OTHER COMPANIES. IAC codes are listed in Tables A and B of this Practice.