Common Language Information Services

Common Language Information Services encompasses several products that are in general use by the global telecommunications industry through license agreements. Common Language products combine numerics and mnemonics to establish naming conventions that telecommunication companies use to exchange critical information via Operations Support Systems and other interface mechanisms.

Common Language codes help communications companies name, locate, inventory and manage all aspects of their networks.[1] They identify items as large as a building, as small as a single board in a digital switching machine and as complex as a customer circuit.[2] iconectiv manages the registry for all Common Language codes on behalf of the telecommunication service providers industry.

Common Language code sets are recognized by industry standards bodies and organizations, including ATIS,[3] ANSI,[4] IETF,[5] and ETSI.[6]

  1. ^ "A common language". Connected Planet. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  2. ^ "A common language". Connected Planet. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  3. ^ "Intercompany Responsibilities in the Telecommunications Industry" (PDF). ATIS Standard. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  4. ^ "A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the Common Language Equipment Identifier (CLEI) Code". Network Working Group. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  5. ^ "A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the Common Language Equipment Identifier (CLEI) Code". Network Working Group. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  6. ^ "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Equipment Information in the Management Information Base (MIB)" (PDF). ETSI TS 102 359 V1.2.1. Retrieved 2012-06-08.