ICORE Services: Administrative Operating Company Number

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Administrative Operating Company Number
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Central Office (CO) Codes (commonly referred to as NPA-NXX Codes) historically have been assigned, implemented and maintained by the Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) Code Administrators, working in conjunction with Bellcore. This process is now changing to meet the requirements of the Telecommunications Act, which affects all ILECs and CLECs. The bottom line is that the RBOCs will no longer be the NPA –NXX Code Administrators, meaning all LECs will have to select an AOCN (Administrative Operating Company Number) company.

The NPA-NXX Code assignment responsibilities are in the process of moving from the RBOCs to a neutral third party, currently known as Lockheed Martin IMS. Some areas of the country have already moved, while others will still be with the RBOCs as late as June, 1999. However, this responsibility only covers the actual assignment of the Codes. An authorized AOCN company must input data about the NPA-NXX Codes into the appropriate routing and rating Databases managed by the Traffic Routing Administration organization in Bellcore, in order to generate the LERG, TPM and other well-established industry files.

The timeliness and accuracy of the NPA-NXX Code information being populated into these Databases is critical to the correct routing of LEC calls and the generation of proper revenues to your company. Therefore, the selection of a competent and responsible AOCN company is important to your operations.

ICORE would like to be your choice as an AOCN company. We have established a good working relationship with Bellcore and have considerable experience and knowledge supporting the routing of calls. In addition to NPA-NXX Code assignments and administration, ICORE can support many other related functions for you, such as: CLLI (Bellcore - Common Language Location Identification) Codes, CIC (Carrier Identification Code) Codes, OCN (Operating Company Number) Codes, ACNA (Access Customer Name Abbreviation) Codes, LRN (Local Routing Numbers) used for LNP (Local Number Portability) and the list goes on. ICORE will also pursue regulatory issues and concerns should any unique situations arise.

ICORE recognizes that the operations and functions of the telephone business vary from company to company. Therefore, a "cookie cutter" approach does not always work.

Please call Don Snyder or Chris Ulmer at (610) 928-3944 to discuss your unique requirements so that we may customize our AOCN services to meet your needs.