BIC - Exchange Company Initiated Change

Indicates the type of provider initiated change requested.

NOTE 1: BIC entries are provided to the customer by the provider.

NOTE 2: This field is valid on an ASR Access Service Request Form that responds to a provider initiated change.

VALID ENTRIES:

1 = Trunk Denotes a communications path connecting two switching systems in a network, used in the establishment of an end-to-end connection. Group Service Request (TGSR)

2 = Engineering Change

3 = ICSC Interexchange Customer Service Center Record Change

4 = Facility Transfer

5 = Network Reconfiguration

6 = Maintenance Consideration

7 = Other

USAGE: This field is conditional.

NOTE 1: Prohibited when the ACT field is "M", otherwise optional.

DATA CHARACTERISTICS: 1 numeric character

EXAMPLE: 3