Etwork Interoperability Consultative Committee Business-to-Business

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[edit] Introduction

NICC B2B is a technical working group of the Network Interoperability Consultative Committee set up to "agree system & process standards & best practice for automated business transactions between UK Communications Providers (CP) via Business-to-Business (B2B) and portal interfaces; In support of the emerging eMarket for "multi-service, multi-supplier, triple/quad play" services; By creating quicker, cheaper and better automated interfaces to the benefit of all UK CPs."

[edit] Work

The work programme covers a range of issues and requirements including:

Completed are:

  • Technical B2B gateway system standards & guiding principles
  • Process standards for B2B Trouble-To-Resolve (T2R) and Lead-To-Cash (L2C)

for the future:

  • Location & Address Identification
  • Appointing/Arranging access
  • Billing (L2C)
  • Service Inventory & Catalogue
  • T2R Structured Information
  • T2R: Exception Handling Processes
  • Tools for structuring B2B documentation
  • Systems/platform Migration
  • B2B Development guides for T2R & L2C
  • Alignment with international standards such as Telemanagement Forum and [International Telecommunication Union

[edit] Contributions

Contributions welcome from all UK CPs and their customers and suppliers.

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