Billing Automatic Message Format (BAF)
Around the same time period, the billing AMA format (BAF) was developed to support the full range of local exchange carrier services. BAF is now the preferred format for all AMA data generated for processing by a LEC Revenue Accounting Office (RAO). BAF supports the complete spectrum of services and technologies, including local and network interconnection services, operator services, toll-free services, Intelligent Network database services, wireline and wireless call recording, IP addressing, and broadband data services.
BAF is administered by Telcordia Technologies, with the Billing AMA Format Advisory Group (BAFAG) playing a central role in the overall approval and administration of BAF records. The BAFAG consists of subject matter experts and representatives from the Telcordia Consulting Services Business Group who review and authorize proposed BAF elements, as well as subject matter experts from AT&T, CenturyLink (formerly Qwest), and Verizon.
The BAFAG uses GR-1100, billing automatic message accounting format (BAF), as the document that defines the BAF recordings generated for call scenarios. It describes the possible groupings of BAF structures and modules that form BAF records, the connection between service/technology and call type, how call type and call conditions determine what structure and modules (if any) are selected for generation of a BAF record, and how the characteristics of the calling/called addresses as well as the services provided are factors in module generation.
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