Alliance
for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
(ATIS) is a membership organization that sets standards,
guidelines and operating procedures that make the interoperability
of existing and emerging telecommunications products
and services possible. For example, the ATIS Ordering
and Billing Forum (OBF) defines the standards for Access
Service Requests (ASRs) and for Customer Account Record
Exchange (CARE). These definitions can be found in the
Access Service Order Guidelines (ASOG) Industry Support
Interface (ISI) and the CARE ISI.
North
American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA)
NANPA provides information about the North American
Numbering Plan (NANP) and its administration. The NANP
is the numbering plan for the Public Switched Telephone
Network in the United States and its territories. If
you plan on providing Feature Group (FG) B or (FG) D
services (see Network Decisions), you will be required
to obtain a Carrier Identification Code (CIC) from NANPA.
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