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Scope & Purpose

This standard is intended for general use to provide a common method of identification of service providers in order to help ensure the unambiguous exchange and interpretation of information. While the intended scope of this standard is for the identification of service providers in North America, the codes as defined may be applied to service providers in other countries and to unique designations.

The codes described in this standard are used to identify service providers across various information exchange processes for both humans and machines in business supporting functions such as:

• Planning, Forecasting, and Reporting.

• Engineering Management: Circuit/Design Layout Records (CLR/DLR).

• Ordering: Access/Local Service Request (ASR/LSR), Firm Order Confirmation (FOC).

• Billing: Carrier Access (CABS).

• Tariff Administration.

• Numbering Resource Administration.

• Trouble Administration.

This standard also defines the responsibilities of the maintenance agents.