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{{Short description|American communications services provider}}
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{{Infobox company
| logo = Iconectiv-logo.png
| name = iconectiv
| type = [[Joint venture]]
| predecessor = [[Bell Labs|Bell Telephone Laboratories]]
| former_name = Central Services Organization, Inc. (1983)<br>Bell Communications Research, Inc. (1984-1999)
| industry = [[Telecommunications|Telecom Research]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1983|10}}
| hq_location = [[Bridgewater, New Jersey]], U.S.
| key_people = Richard Jacowleff ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| products = Fraud & Identity<br>Numbering<br>Messaging<br>Network & Operations<br>Industry Registries
| owners = [[Koch Equity]] (2024-present)<br>[[Ericsson]] (2012–2024)<br>[[Francisco Partners]] (16.7%, 2017–present)<ref>{{cite web |title=Francisco Partners buys 16.7% stake in Ericsson's iconectiv |url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/francisco-partners-buys-167-stake-in-ericssons-iconectiv--1186963 |website=Telecompaper.com |access-date=29 September 2017 |archive-date=October 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009144022/https://www.telecompaper.com/news/francisco-partners-buys-167-stake-in-ericssons-iconectiv--1186963 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| num_employees = 500+ (2017)
| homepage = {{Official URL}}
}}
'''iconectiv''' supplies communications providers with network planning and management services. The company’s cloud-based information as a service network and operations management and numbering solutions span trusted communications, digital identity management<ref>{{cite web |title=Scam attacks are on the rise, but can they be fully stopped or prevented? |date=March 17, 2022 |url=https://cybernews.com/privacy/scam-attacks-are-on-the-rise-but-can-they-be-fully-stopped-or-prevented |publisher=Cybernews |access-date=December 1, 2023 |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003042301/https://cybernews.com/privacy/scam-attacks-are-on-the-rise-but-can-they-be-fully-stopped-or-prevented/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and fraud prevention.<ref>{{cite web |title=Here's how thieves may use your phone to steal from you |url=https://www.kvue.com/article/news/investigations/defenders/heres-how-thieves-may-use-your-phone-to-steal-from-you/269-46ca2d24-de04-461a-93d3-2de41713c65b |website=KVUE |date=November 23, 2022 |access-date=December 1, 2023 |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321153201/https://www.kvue.com/article/news/investigations/defenders/heres-how-thieves-may-use-your-phone-to-steal-from-you/269-46ca2d24-de04-461a-93d3-2de41713c65b |url-status=live }}</ref> Known as '''Bellcore''' after its establishment in the United States in 1983 as part of the break-up of the [[Bell System]], the company's name changed to '''Telcordia Technologies''' after a change of ownership in 1996. The business was acquired by [[Ericsson]] in 2012, then restructured and rebranded as iconectiv in 2013.

A major architect of the United States telecommunications system, the company pioneered many services, including [[caller ID]], [[call waiting]], [[mobile number portability]], and [[toll-free telephone number|toll-free telephone]] (800) service. It also pioneered the prepaid charging system and the [[Intelligent Network]].

Headquartered in [[Bridgewater, New Jersey]] (U.S.), iconectiv provides network and operations management, numbering, registry and fraud prevention services for the global telecommunications industry. It provides numbering services in more than a dozen countries, including serving as the Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for the United States. In that capacity, iconectiv manages the [[Number Portability Administration Center]] (NPAC), the system that supports the implementation of local number portability.