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Common Language General Codes provide a stable naming scheme that applies across the industry to identify company names, service centers, manufacturers and design routing addresses. General Codes apply to many operations and processes within a company such as service activation, interconnection, inventory and asset management processes and maintenance and billing. General Codes enhance the ability of a client company to do business.

General Codes apply to all Common Language Information Services and Code Sets and are not specific to a particular Code Set. They include Interexchange Access Customer (IAC) Codes, also known as Access Customer Name Abbreviation (ACNA), Exchange Carrier (EC) Codes, Interexchange Customer Service Center/Service Center (ICSC/SC) Codes, Manufacturer (MFR) Codes and Design Routing Codes (DRC). Companies typically purchase Common Language subscriptions, which provide access to the full product suite. Companies with lesser needs can purchase a limited set of products.

Interexchange Access Customer Codes

Interexchange Access Customer (IAC) Codes, also known as ACNA, are assigned and administered by iconectiv as the maintenance agent for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The 3-character alphabetic IAC Code represents the legal entity company name for a company requesting communications services as per ATIS-0300251, Codes for Identification of Service Providers for Information Exchange. IAC Codes are used for communications service providers and those that need to do business with a trading partner and aid flow-through processes in sending an Access Service Request (ASR) or Local Service Request (LSR) order. Company types that can receive an IAC Code include Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILEC), Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC), Resellers, Wireless Service Providers, Competitive Access Providers, Enhanced Service Providers, Communications Billing or Processing companies or any other type of company that is part of the communications industry.

Exchange Carrier Codes

Exchange Carrier (EC) Codes are assigned and administered by iconectiv as the maintenance agent for American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is a 2- or 4-character alphabetic code that represents the legal entity company name for a company providing communications services as per ATIS-0300251, Codes for Identification of Service Providers for Information Exchange. Companies that provide dial tone and local exchange switching of telecommunications services and has at least one wire center. Other company types that can receive an EC Code in order to do business with a trading partner and aid flow-through processes in sending an ASR or LSR order, include Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILEC), Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC), Resellers, Wireless Service Providers, Competitive Access Providers, Enhanced Service Providers, Communications Billing or Processing companies or any other type of company that is part of the communications industry.

Interexchange Customer Service Center/Service Center Codes

Interexchange Customer Service Center/Service Center (ICSC/SC) Codes, which are assigned and administered by iconectiv, are 4-character alphanumeric code that identifies a service provider's service center as needed to do business with a trading partner typically via ASR or LSR processes.

 

Manufacturer Codes

Manufacturer (MFR) Codes are assigned and administered by iconectiv as the maintenance agent for American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The 4-character alphabetic code represents the legal entity company name for a company that manufactures equipment or provides, supplies, and/or services the communications industry as per ATIS-0300220, Representation of the Communications Industry Manufacturers, Suppliers, and Related Service Companies for Information Exchange.

Design Routing Codes

Design Routing Codes (DRCs), which are assigned and administered by iconectiv, are 3-character alphanumeric codes that represents the customer device to which a Design Layout Report (DLR) is to be electronically delivered by the provider as a result of an ASR or LSR order. The customer device is usually a phone number for a fax machine, email address, IP address, or other electronic device for the requesting company.

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