Using Telephone Numbers

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Using Telephone Numbers

Once all the preliminary work of setting up number ranges and their prefixes is complete, we are ready to utilise the telephone numbers.

 

When a TNR is selected, all its related telephone numbers are listed in the lower half Telephonenumbers tab, with the following columns of information:

 

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TelephoneNo

Each telephone number, including its international code, code name fields, and individual number

 

ExpireDate

The expiry date designed to ensure that numbers are used regularly and do not sit idle for too long. Reports to governing bodies will include date fields like this one.

TelephoneNumberStatus

Recognised Telephony status’ like: Assigned, Intermediate, Reserved, Aging, Admin, Donated to Pool.

Ported To

Whether this number has been ported to another phone service provider – Operator Company Number (OCN)

Ported From

Whether this number has been ported from another phone service provider – Operator Company Number (OCN)

Circuit

The circuit name that this number is associated to

Customer

The purchaser/owner of the number

Nice Number

Whether a number also represents a word of importance to the end user – utilizing the alpha characters on a numeric keypad i.e., 1-603-623-FIND equates to

1-603-623-3463