Toll-Free Code Database

Overview

Toll-Free Code Database service allows you to provide toll-free routing and deliver top quality service. Using the Toll-Free Code Database service from CenturyLink, you can obtain toll-free routing information, route your originating toll-free calls to the appropriate Interexchange Carrier (IXC) or service provider and generate revenue from every call.

Using CenturyLink Toll-Free Code Database services, you may:

• Access CenturyLink 800 Database containing the nationwide routing information you need to route calls during the call handling process.
• Receive the information you need to support you in billing the IXCs.

Features & Benefits

• Nationwide toll-free code service - provides comprehensive routing information for all toll-free numbers in the United States and Canada, from one source.
• All 800 & 8XX routing information is received from the National Service Management System - means accurate routing information.
• Ongoing support from CenturyLink - means network and database support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. CenturyLink provides you with a place to call if you have problems.
• Detailed billing from CenturyLink - provides detailed billing support to include Carrier Identification Code (CIC) breakdowns, Originating Point Codes (OPCs), NPA/NXXs, and basic and complex queries. Detailed billing support provides the information you need to bill the Interexchange Carrier (IXC).

Product Details

CenturyLink Toll-Free Code Database service provides a single database source for routing information and additional vertical features (e.g. time of day routing by location, by service provider and routing to multiple geographic locations) for toll-free number services.

This is what happens when someone calls a toll-free (800, 888, 877) number:

The tandem, or end office, receives the 800 call and launches a query to CenturyLink Toll-Free Code Database via the CCS/SS7 network. The Toll-Free Code Database identifies the appropriate Interexchange Carrier (IXC) or service provider for the call, and any other routing information. The query response is returned over the CCS/SS7 network to the tandem or end office that originated the query. The switch then routes the call based on the information received.

The CenturyLink Toll-Free Code Database receives and responds to queries using the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) standard CCS/SS7 signaling protocols. The records stored in CenturyLink database are downloaded from the nationally administered Service Management System (SMS/800).

CenturyLink national database contains toll-free code information for the United States and Canada.

Business Applications

CenturyLink Toll-Free Code Database service allows for entry into the growing toll-free service market and delivers top-quality service. You can obtain toll-free routing information so that toll-free calls will be sent to the appropriate IXC (Inter-Exchange Carrier).

CenturyLink CCS/SS7 product portfolio allows for one-stop-shopping for all database needs including access to Caller ID Names (CNAM), Toll-Free Code (800), and Local Number Portability (LNP).

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