BellSouth Selects Telcordia To Provide Number Pooling Solutions Page 2 of 2 Business & Technology Editors.MORRISTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2001 Telcordia Number Pooling Number pooling is a method of reallocating telephony numbering space in the North American Numbering Plan, primarily in growth areas in the United States. Originally, in North America, individual telephone exchanges were assigned entire individual prefixes, with all the Services to Enhance BellSouth's Operations Environment Communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems and solutions provider Telcordia Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded an Operations Support System Number Pooling contract by BellSouth to meet the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. national standards addressing numbering resource optimization. The initial phase of the solution was implemented in January 2001. As part of its agreement with BellSouth, Telcordia will provide a wide range of services, including the capability to support the donation and receipt of blocks of one thousand telephone numbers from the Pooling Administrator. BellSouth will perform telephone number administration using Telcordia(TM) Customer Number Manager, an application that manages number requests for virtually all communications services. Telcordia(TM) Telephone Number Tracker and Forecaster, using data that is collected from Customer Number Manager, will produce the numerous utilization and forecasting reports and supporting worksheets that have been mandated by the FCC. The FCC chose thousands-block number pooling as a solution for number resource optimization. In the past, carriers were assigned telephone numbers in blocks of 10,000 on a rate center basis, which stranded large quantities of numbers and caused a shortage of central office codes and area codes. As a result, new area codes have been implemented that would ultimately lead to a premature exhaust of the North American Numbering Plan “NANPA” redirects here. For other uses, see Nanpa (disambiguation). The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is an integrated telephone numbering plan of 24 countries and territories: the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 Caribbean (NANP NANP North American Numbering Plan NANP National Association of Naval Photography ). Number pooling provides more efficient number resource management and extends the life of area codes by allocating resources in blocks of 1,000 instead of 10,000 to a carrier. About Telcordia Technologies Telcordia Technologies, Inc., an SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. company, is one of the world's largest providers of operations support systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such , network software and consulting and engineering services to the telecommunications industry. A leader in the development of Next Generation Network technologies, Telcordia employs more than 7,000 professionals, and has revenues of more than $1.5 billion. Telcordia (www.telcordia.com) is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 18,544. Its estimated population in 2004 was 18,842. It is the county seat of Morris CountyGR6. with offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Central and South America and Asia Pacific. About BellSouth BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications services company headquartered in Atlanta, GA, serving more than 44 million customers in the United States and 16 other countries. Consistently recognized for customer satisfaction, BellSouth provides a full array of broadband data and e-commerce solutions to business customers, including Web hosting and other Internet services. In the residential market, BellSouth offers DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary high-speed Internet access, advanced voice features and other services. BellSouth also provides online and directory advertising services, including BellSouth(R) Real Pages(SM).com. BellSouth owns 40 percent of Cingular Wireless, the nation's second largest wireless company, which provides innovative wireless data and voice services. Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements or industry results to be very different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the SAIC Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the period ended January 31, 2000. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. |
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