Telecom Dictionary Part 2

ARI

Automatic Room Identification (Hotel/Motel room number)

Automatic Number Identification

Originating Number (1) The number associated with the telephone station(s) from which switched calls are originated (or terminated). (2) A software feature associated with Feature Group D (and optional on Feature Group B) circuits. ANI provides the originating local telephone number of the calling party. This information is transmitted as part of the digit stream in the signalling protocol, and included in the Call Detail Record for billing purposes. (3) ANI may also be used to refer to any phone number.

Baby Bells - See RBOC Backbone

Ballot A release form that authorizes a customer's long-distance phone service to be switched to (another) long-distance carrier, or reseller. Also know as a Letter Of Agency or LOA.

BAN - Billing Account Number

Used by telephone companies to designate a billing account, i.e., a customer or customer location that receives a bill. A customer may have any number of BANs.

Banded Rates

Tariffed rates which may be changed by the carrier within a specified range. Frequently, state commissions require notice to the commission prior to each change. Banded rates are being used less frequently today.

Bell Customer Code

A three-digit numeric code, appended to the end of the Main Billing Telephone Number, that is used by Local Exchange Carriers to provide unique identification of customers.

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