Overview

Line Information Database (LIDB) Storage

A LIDB database contains subscriber information, such as a 10-digit line number, service provider ID, equipment type (payphone, POTS, etc) and billing specifications. This data is used by other service providers to decide how to respond to a call.

 

Accudata is an active LIDB facility, and stores the LIDB information that telephone service providers rely on to screen collect calls, bill to third parties, accept calling cards, and indicate phone types. We offer carriers an alternative to paying their competition for data storage.

 

In fact, with the revenue sharing plan, carriers actually make money by storing their data in our LIDB.  Every time a service provider accesses the database, Accudata shares a portion of the fee with our storage customers.

 

LIDB Validation  

For validation of billing, we provide a link to every LIDB database in North America on our own SS7 network for real-time validation of collect, third party, and calling card paid calls. With LIDB validation, customers are able to identify if the service is non-POTS residential or business, such as a payphone or prison, and receive the Account Owner information to indicate the LEC providing local dial-tone service.

 

LIDB validation, available real-time or batch, benefits local exchange carriers, long distance providers, telemarketing companies, and lead providers to name a few. The possibilities are endless.  

·        Telemarketing companies save costs associated with marketing to non-billable customers and inactive telephone numbers.

·        Lead/ list providers enhance customer service, while gaining a competitive edge, by screening telephone numbers from leads to ensure they sell the highest quality leads to their customers.

·        Research companies block or delete specific calls, such as calls from payphones.  Customers may also take advantage of our new Carrier Type Lookup (CTL) service to identify wireless numbers.   

 

VoIP LIDB (VIDB) Validation  

From our VIDB, we provide billing validation of VoIP callers and VoIP number identification. With the same business advantages of traditional LIDB services, VIDB validation addresses the unique needs of changing technologies and VoIP service providers.

Mobile Internet Database (MIDB) Validation

 Also similar to LIDB service, MIDB validation provides wireless telephone number billing validation. Just as it always has done in the traditional telephony market, Accudata provides the accurate information that wireless service providers value most.

Calling Name Database (CNAM) Storage

Unique in the industry, Accudata stores both LIDB and CNAM information in the same database, saving our storage customers from duplicate administration updates. For no charge, Accudata will store your subscribers' Calling Name data, and you can earn revenue when other carriers access the data for calling name delivery (or enhanced Caller ID).  

 

CNAM Service

Accudata is linked to every CNAM database in North America to return Calling Name information instantly. With CNAM delivery, carriers create revenue opportunities delivering nation wide enhanced Caller ID to their subscribers.  Just like LIDB, CNAM offers a wide variety of applications to customers from telecommunications to telemarketing.

·        Marketing companies and lead providers validate Calling Name information associated with a telephone number to improve lead quality.  

·        Call centers update their aging customer databases with CNAM information, matching the most recent Calling Name with the telephone number.

 

Bankcard Authorization

Accudata validates credit and debit cards to make certain they are valid, current and not stolen or suspended. The service can indicate if there are sufficient funds to pay and whether the customer is likely to pay based on previous payment history. Accudata can also provide "capture" transport services for completed sales transactions and back-end funds settlement.

·        Internet companies use our bankcard solution to make sure the credit card number and information is valid before the individual registering for membership is allowed to continue and begin using their service.

 

Billing Name and Address (BNA) Service

Long distance providers, direct marketing firms, billing companies and other telecom service providers rely on Accudata's regularly updated BNA information to bill consumers directly or to update customer database records. BNA service is not just for billing anymore. Cable companies, appliance or furniture companies or any other company relying on order entry can also take advantage of BNA information.

·        Companies delivering products or dispatching personnel to a customer's address use BNA services to complete delivery information for a customer instead of using sales personnel time to enter this data. These companies save additional costs associated with key stroke error and the possibility of delivering to the wrong address.  

Assured Billing Lookup ( ABL T)

  ABL service combines LIDB validation and BNA service into one automated, two-stage process. When a caller dials a collect call, Accudata queries the LIDB databases for billing validation. If the query verifies the billing information, we respond to the carrier that the call should be placed. If the LIDB does not confirm the billing information, BNA queries secondary databases for a current, mailable billing address. If we find the address, the phone company allows the call. If not, the company denies the call. The ABL process takes only moments and helps telephone companies complete more collect calls.

 

 

Working Telephone Number (WTN) Service

Our WTN solution is the right solution for telemarketing companies, lead generation providers and similar services. Accudata screens a ten digit number (TN) against a combination of  CNAM, LIDB and other sources and responds with an indication whether the TN provided is a working number or not.  Companies save time and money screening TNs before sending to an agent to avoid placing calls to numbers not in service.

Telephone Number Validation

Billing Name and Address Services

Bankcard Authorization

LIDB/CNAM Storage

Calling Name (CNAM) Delivery

Carrier Type Lookup

Working Telephone Number

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