Telco System Database Structure & Background Information

Sample Boundary Map for Torrance CA. Telco and Cable Service Area

SoftMedia’s Telco System Database Group is comprised of (5) individual database group;

1.    TeleCom2009 - Database - 5,804 Records      Product Code 201
 
The Telecom 2009 database is a detailed database of Telephone Companies and includes complete
  contact data with management, telephone, addresses and emails. Each record provides data on 
  service type including those providing cable television service.   

2.      Lata2009- Database - 124,169 Records            Product Code 202
A LATA is a geographical area in which the local telephone company is allowed to carry local and long distance toll calls. The LATA boundary is the point where your call is handed off from your local carrier to your long-distance company. These areas were defined at Divestiture, when Judge Greene broke up the AT&T monopoly in 1984. The companies LATA database goes far beyond data provided by others and 
includes NPA (Area Code), NXX (Prefix), Zip Code, City, State, and LATA Number.
SoftMedia's LATA2009 database can be imported into most mapping software programs so that you can create your own unique LATA Maps. 

3.      Telephone2009- Database - 193,938 Records            Product Code 203
The Telco2009 is the most complete set of data currently available for the Industry. With over 193,000 records the Telco2009 database list 25 datafields for all combinations of NPA/NXX/Zip Codes. Each 5 digit zip code covers all NXX codes for Wireless, PCS and Wireline operators. 

 4.      TelephoneCable2009- Database - 193,938 Records            Product Code 204
       Th
TelephoneCable database includes all of the data available in Telephone2009, Plus it includes the
       Systemname of the Cable Operator and the number of Subscribers, House-Hold by 5 digit zip code.
       You can view Telephone Cable data by area code, prefix, house-holds, cable franchise, digital service, 
       Internet, Telco service providers or hundreds of combinations. 
      
This new version of has an additional data field called ‘COMMALIAS’. This datafield is the    
       community alias name  As an example; Most of the Primary zip codes have the same name in large
       cities such as Los Angeles or New York. The community alias is the alias name given to small
       communities within the large city areas. (Example: Los Angeles = Whittier)

      SoftMedia’s cablecomzip files can be imported into most mapping software programs. 
(Sample Map)  

Structure for table: Telecom2009.DBF/Telco2009.dbf                    Product Code 201
Number of data records: 5,804
Field         Field Name             Type               Width

1

Company Name

Character

35

Legal Name of Telco

2

Address

Character

10

Physical Address

3

City

Character

10

City

4

State

Character

25

State

5

 City/State/Zipcode

Character

3

Mailing City/State/Zip Code for labeling convenience

6

Zipcode 

Character

25

Zip Code

7

Fax Number

Character

75

Office Fax Number

8 Telephone   15 Main Telephone Number

9

General Manager

Character

45

General Manager 

10

Web Site

Character

15

URL 

11

Email

Character

15

GM Email

12 Service Type Character   10 RBOC, ILEC, CLEC, etc...
13 Corporate Owners Character   45 Corporate Owner

Structure for table: Telephone2009.DBF                            Product Code 203
Number of data records: 193,939
Field         Field Name             Type              Width

1

AREACODE (NPA)

Character

10

3-Digit Area Code

2

PREFIX  (NXX)

Character

10

The area designated as the area within which a LEC or CLC may provide local exchange services.

3

COMZIP

Character

10

5-Digit Zip Code associated with the State and City

4

COUNTY

Character

25

County of City within Service Area.

5

STATE

Character

3

State by 5-Digit Zip Code for Service Area

6

CITY

Character

25

City of Service Area.

7

REGION

Character

15

Name of Geographical Region in the US.

8

DIVISION

Character

15

Name of Division within Regions.

9

LATITUDE

Character

15

Latitude of Centroid of Zip Code in Service Area

10

LONGITUDE

Character

15

Longitude of Centroid of Zip Code in Service Area

11

TELCOOPER 

Character

45

Name of Telephone Company serving the area.

12

TOTALPOP

Character

15

Total Population within the Service Area Zip Code.

13

TOTALHH

Character

15

Total House Holds within the Service Area Zip Code.

14

OCN

Character

45

Unique Operating Company Number

15

RATECENTER

Character

45

A geographically specified area used for determining mileage and/or usage dependent rates in the Public Switched Telephone Network. A rate center is not always the exact equivalent of an Exchange Area, but can be.  

16

CLLI

Character

20

Common Language Location Identifier.

17

TYPE

Character

10

Codes to Identify various service types; CLC (Competitive Local Carrier), CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), IEC (InterExchange Carrier) see the list of acronyms for details.  

18

SWNAME

Character

35

Manufacturer/Suppier of Switch Equipment

19

SWTYPE

Character

35

Model/Type of Switch Equipemnet

20

LATA

Character

55

3 Digit Code for each Local Access Transport Area.

Structure for table: Telephonecable.DBF                            Product Code 204
Number of data records: 193,939
Field        Field Name              Type               Width

1

AREACODE (NPA)

Character

10

3-Digit Area Code

2

PREFIX  (NXX)

Character

10

The area designated as the area within which a LEC or CLC may provide local exchange services.

3

COMZIP

Character

10

5-Digit Zip Code associated with the State and City

4

COUNTY

Character

25

County of City within Service Area.

5

STATE

Character

3

State by 5-Digit Zip Code for Service Area

6

CITY

Character

25

City of Service Area.

7

CITYALIAS

Character

75

Alias Name for City in Service Area

8

DMANAME & Rank

Character

45

Name of Designated Market area

9

REGION

Character

15

Name of Geographical Region in the US.

10

DIVISION

Character

15

Name of Division of Regions.

11

LATITUDE

Character

15

Latitude of Centroid of Zip Code in Service Area

12

LONGITUDE

Character

15

Longitude of Centroid of Zip Code in Service Area

13

TELCOOPER 

Character

45

Name of Telephone Company serving the area.

14

CABLEOPER

Character

55

Name of Cable Operator serving the area.

15

TOTALPOP

Character

15

Total Population within the Service Area Zip Code.

16

TOTALHH

Character

15

Total House Holds within the Service Area Zip Code.

17

CABLESUBS  

Character

15

Total Cable Subscribers within the Service Area Zip Code

18

OCN

Character

45

Unique Operating Company Number

19

RATECENTER

Character

45

A geographically specified area used for determining mileage and/or usage dependent rates in the Public Switched Telephone Network. A rate center is not always the exact equivalent of an Exchange Area, but can be.

20

CLLI

Character

20

Common Language Location Identifier.

21

TYPE

Character

10

Codes to Identify various service types; CLC (Competitive Local Carrier), CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), IEC (InterExchange Carrier) see the list of acronyms for details.  

22

SWNAME

Character

35

Manufacturer/Suppier of Switch Equipment

23

SWTYPE

Character

35

Model/Type of Switch Equipemnet

24

LATA

Character

55

3 Digit Code for each Local Access Transport Area.


Structure for table: LATA2009.DBF 
                 Product Code 202
Number of data records: 126,904 
Field      Field Name            Type          Width

1

AREACODE (NPA)

Character

10

3-Digit Area Code

2

PREFIX  (NXX)

Character

10

The area designated as the area within which a LEC or CLC may provide local exchange services.

3

COMZIP

Character

10

5-Digit Zip Code associated with the State and City

4

COUNTY

Character

25

County of City within Service Area.

5

STATE

Character

3

State by 5-Digit Zip Code for Service Area

6

CITY

Character

25

City of Service Area.

7

CITYALIAS

Character

75

Alias Name for City in Service Area

8

CLLI

Character

20

Common Language Location Identifier.

9

TYPE

Character

10

Codes to Identify various service types; CLC (Competitive Local Carrier), CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), IEC (InterExchange Carrier) see the list of acronyms for details.  

10

LATA

Character

55

3 Digit Code for each Local Access Transport Area.

5.  Complete Telco/Cable Group 2009- Database             Product Code 205
The CompleteTelcoCableGroup2009 Includes all of the following databases. This group enables you to analyze every aspect of the Telephone and Cable industry. 

Lata2009
Telephone2009
Telco2009
CableSys2009 
MSO2009
CableComZip2009
Telcotractblkgrp
Local Transport Area.
Complete Telephone & Cable Service Area Database
Complete Telephone Contact Database, Including Management, Email, etc..
Detailed research database of nearly 11,000 Cable System Franchises. 
Multiple System Operator Database (Corporate Database)
Cable Community/Zip Code research and boundary mapping database. 
Telephone Track, Block, Census Group database

For details of datafields in the Complete Telco/Cable Group 2009, scroll down;

TelcoCableGroup2009
    
  (All Databases below are included in the Telco/Cable Group Product Code 205)

TelephoneCable200
9

1

AREACODE (NPA)

Character

10

3-Digit Area Code

2

PREFIX  (NXX)

Character

10

The area designated as the area within which a LEC or CLC may provide local exchange services.

3

COMZIP

Character

10

5-Digit Zip Code associated with the State and City

4

COUNTY

Character

25

County of City within Service Area.

5

STATE

Character

3

State by 5-Digit Zip Code for Service Area

6

CITY

Character

25

City of Service Area.

7

CITYALIAS

Character

75

Alias Name for City in Service Area

8

DMANAME

Character

45

Name of Designated Market area

9

REGION

Character

15

Name of Geographical Region in the US.

10

DIVISION

Character

15

Name of Division of Regions.

11

LATITUDE

Character

15

Latitude of Centroid of Zip Code in Service Area

12

LONGITUDE

Character

15

Longitude of Centroid of Zip Code in Service Area

13

TELCOOPER 

Character

45

Name of Telephone Company serving the area.

14

CABLEOPER

Character

55

Name of Cable Operator serving the area.

15

TOTALPOP

Character

15

Total Population within the Service Area Zip Code.

16

TOTALHH

Character

15

Total House Holds within the Service Area Zip Code.

17

CABLESUBS  

Character

15

Total Cable Subscribers within the Service Area Zip Code

18

OCN

Character

45

Unique Operating Company Number

19

RATECENTER

Character

45

A geographically specified area used for determining mileage and/or usage dependent rates in the Public Switched Telephone Network. A rate center is not always the exact equivalent of an Exchange Area, but can be.

20

CLLI

Character

20

Common Language Location Identifier.

21

TYPE

Character

10

Codes to Identify various service types; CLC (Competitive Local Carrier), CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), IEC (InterExchange Carrier) see the list of acronyms for details.  

22

SWNAME

Character

35

Manufacturer/Suppier of Switch Equipment

23

SWTYPE

Character

35

Model/Type of Switch Equipemnet

24

LATA

Character

55

3 Digit Code for each Local Access Transport Area.

Telco2009

1

Company Name

Character

35

3-Digit Area Code

2

Address

Character

10

The area designated as the area within which a LEC or CLC may provide local exchange services.

3

City

Character

10

5-Digit Zip Code associated with the State and City

4

State

Character

25

County of City within Service Area.

5

 City/State/Zipcode

Character

3

State by 5-Digit Zip Code for Service Area

6

Zipcode 

Character

25

City of Service Area.

7

Fax Number

Character

75

Alias Name for City in Service Area

8 Telephone   15 Main Telephone Number

9

General Manager

Character

45

Name of Designated Market area

10

Web Site

Character

15

Name of Geographical Region in the US.

11

Email

Character

15

Name of Division within Regions.

12 Service Type Character   10 RBOC, ILEC, CLEC, etc...
13 Corporate Owners Character   45 Corporate Owner

CableSys2009/Cable2009

1

 COMSTATE

Character

 10

State System located in

2

 COMMUNITY

Character

 35

Community System located in

3

 COMZIP

Character

 10

Zip Code covered by System

4

 COUNTY

Character

 45

County of Office

5

 SYSTEMNAME

Character

 50

System Assumed Name

6

 ADDRESS

Character

 35

Mailing Address

7

 MAILCITY

Character

 35

Mailing City (Office)

8

 STATE

Character

 15

Mailing State

9

 ZIPCODE

Character

 5

Mailing Zip Code

10

 GM

Character

 75

General Manager Name

11

 GMEMAIL

Character

 75

General Manager Email Address

12

 AREAMGR

Character

 75

Area/Region Manager

13

 AMPHONE

Character

 15

Telephone of Area/Region Manager

14

 AMEMAIL

Character

 75

Area/Region Manager Email Address

15

 ENGMGR

Character

 45

Engineering Manager Name

16

 ENGEMAIL

Character

 75

Engineering Manager Email Address

17

 TELEPHONE

Character

 15

Office Telephone

18

 FAX

Character

 15

Office Fax

19

 SYSTEMSUBS

Numeric

 8

Total Subscribers for system

20

 SYSMILES

Numeric

 8

Total Miles of cable plant for system

22

 SYSHH

Numeric

 8

Total Households in franchise

22

 HHPASSED

Numeric

 8

Total Households passed in the Franchise

23

 WEBSITE

Character

 45

 Web Site URL

24

 SERVICE

Character

 55

Type of Service

25

 MODEM

Character

 55

Modem Manufacturer

26

 DIGITAL

Character

 10

Digital or Analog Service

MSO2009  

 1

OWNERMSO

Character

50

Corporate Owner

 2

ADDRESS

Character

30

Address

 3

MAILADDRES

Character

13

Address #2(PO Box)

 4

CITY

Character

25

Mail City

 5

STATE

Character

2

Mail State

 6

ZIPCODE

Character

10

Zip Code

 7

TELEPHONE

Character

12

Telephone

 8

FAX

Character

12

Fax

 9

BASICSUBS

Numeric

9

Total Basicsubs for Operator

 10

SYSOWNED

Numeric

6

Total Number of Systems Owned

 11

ENGMANAGER

Character

20

Engineering Manager

 12

CHIEFEXOFF

Character

20

CEO

 13

CHIEFOPOFF

Character

20

Executive VP

 14

CHIEFFIOFF

Character

20

Financial Officer

 15

PROGRAMMER

Character

20

Programming Manager

 16

ADMANAGER

Character

20

Advertising Manager

 17

MCSZ

Character

30

Mail, City, State, Zip code (For mailing labels)

 18

WEBSITE

Character

50

 

CableComZip2009 

1

SYSTEMID

Character

9

System Identification number

2

COMZIP

Character

10

Community/Zip Code

3

COMMUNITY

Character

40

Community Name

4

COMSTATE

Character

2

Community/State

5

SYSTEMNAME

Character

50

System Assumed Name

6

ADDRESS

Character

30

System Mailing Address

7

CITY

Character

24

System Mailing City

8

STATE

Character

9

System Mailing State

9

ZIPCODE

Character

9

System Mailing Zip Code

10

COMMALIAS

Character

35

Alias name for community (Example: Los Angeles = Whittier)

11

COUNTY

Character

34

County community located in

12

TELEPHONE

Character

15

Local Telephone

13

GM

Character

35

General Manager

14

GMEMAIL

Character

65

General Manager Email

15

DIGANALOG

Character

15

Digital or Analog Service

16

LATITUDE

Character

25

Community Latitude Centroid

17

LONGITUDE

Character

25

Community Longitude Centroid

18

BASICSUBS

Character

20

Total Subs within community

19

SYSSUBS

Character

20

Total Subscribers for Franchise

20

PLANTMILES

 Character

20

Total Cable Plant Miles for Community/Zip Code

21

TOTALPOP

Character

20

Total Population for Community/Zip Code

22

TOTALHH

Character

20

Total Households for Community/Zip Code

23

WHITEPOP

Character

20

Total White Population in Community/Zip Code

24

BLACKPOP

Character

20

Total Black Population in Community/Zip Code

25

HISPPOP

Character

20

Total Hispanic Population in Community/Zip Code

26

HHINCOME

Character

20

Household Income in Community/Zip Code

27

HHVALUE

Character

20

Average HH Value

28

TOTALSYS

Character

20

Total subscriber for the Franchise (Nation Wide)

29

DIGITAL

Character

10

Digital or Analog Service

30

MODEM

Character

11

Manufacturer of Internet/Modems

31

Service

Character

11

Name/Type of Internet Service

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