CG-STUG-001 Issue 1.28-August 4, 2006

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is an application-to-computer exchange of business documents in a standard format over a communications path. EDI requires the use of industry guidelines that define the format and the data content of the business transaction. This permits computers to clearly understand the transaction expected and the data necessary to conduct that transaction. Trading partners (e.g., BellSouth and the CLEC) must define the business information and supported standards that are necessary to transact business. This information is then encoded to fit a standard EDI transaction set for data transmission. EDI requires the use of industry guidelines that define the format and the data content of the business transaction. Currently, BellSouth's EDI gateway supports specific guidelines applicable to ordering. For more information about these standards and the communication requirements, the CLEC should contact its Account Team representative or review the Customer Guides section of the BellSouth Interconnection Services Web site at: http://www.interconnection.bellsouth.com/reference_library/guides/html/lens_tafi.html
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