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Full Range of Connectivity
Access to the TNS Toll-Free Database Service enables local carriers to provide subscribers with access to 8xx numbers for toll-free call routing. With TNS you have a provider who can offer a full range of connectivity and database services and give you access to every toll-free number in the United States and Canada.
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Greater Reliability and Link Diversity
At TNS, we own and operate our own toll-free platform (rather than using a third party), which ensures greater reliability. We also operate the largest independent Signaling System 7 (SS7) network in the world - which provides greater link diversity and reduces the points of potential network failure. We also operate a Global IPX network with multiple POPs worldwide. You can trust that our Toll-Free Database Service will connect toll-free subscriber calls seamlessly and swiftly.
How Toll-Free Database Service Can Help
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- Nationwide call validation and toll-free call routing - Full access to numbers in the United States and Canada; this service supports interstate, intrastate, inter-LATA and intra-LATA requirements.
- Access over IP protocols such as SIP and ENUM - To facilitate customers’ move to all IP infrastructure CIC override - By using CIC override features, you can reach directly to your destination without any intermediate carriers in the path thus saving costs and creating additional revenues.
- Detailed, web-based reporting - Includes monthly Carrier Identification Code (CIC) summaries on 8xx queries and enables accurate Carrier Access Billing.
- 24x7x365 support - TNS provides ongoing customer support for setup, troubleshooting, referral, and billing inquiries 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Local replica deployment option - Customer site deployment for high volume customers that is fully managed by TNS.
- Reliability - TNS owns and operates a proprietary toll-free platform ensuring greater control over reliability and performance than a third-party source while providing access to every 800 number in the United States and Canada. TNS operates the largest independent Signaling System 7 (SS7) network in the world - enabling greater link diversity and reducing the points of potential network failure. Our IPX network provides cost-effective, reliable IP access to the database.
- Flexible service offering - Our proprietary application allows for flexibility in data loading and reporting, including monthly electronic 11-50-86 data files to use with your Carrier Access Billing System (CABS) for cost recovery. Toll-Free Database Services are accessible via traditional SS7, Signaling Transport (SIGTRAN), ENUM and SIP protocols, allowing for a cost-effective IP-based connectivity option
- Full solutions provider - TNS is a single-source provider of a full range of intelligent network and database services, including SS7 signaling (ISDN User Part [ISUP] and Transaction Capabilities Application Part [TCAP] services), Calling Name (CNAM) and Line Information Database (LIDB) services, Toll-Free Database, and Number Portability.
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When a Subscriber Calls a Toll-Free Number From Your Area
- Your switch receives the call and launches a query over the TNS SS7 network or via a secure IPSEC VPN over public Internet.
- The TNS network routes the query to the Toll-Free Database Service and identifies the appropriate carrier for the call, and other routing information as needed.
- The TNS network returns the response to your Service Switching Point (SSP) for correct call routing.
TNS offers an electronic monthly 11-50-86 data file that provides customers with a breakdown of query counts by long-distance providers.
Business intelligence reporting provides customers a view into their traffic patterns, identifying the carriers that own the toll-free numbers that customers’ subscribers are calling.
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