We are preparing an SMDS service offering on the AcNet Network. We have been unable to locate the party responsable for the assignment of the "Network" portion of our SMDS addressing schema.

Does anyone out there know where one applies for such an identifier (E.164) for a new SMDS Network?

Thanks for any advice one might offer.

R S Ashton The Ashton Group P O Box 1175 Ashton Systems Corporation Chula Vista, CA 91912-1175 USA Ashton-International Corporation Voice: (619) 424-5362 Ashton Communications Corporation Fax: (619) 424-5621 AcNet, AcBone, AcNode (R)

The Ashton Group Latin America Apartado Postal 11-436 Mexico, DF 06101 MEXICO

Voice: (011-525) 230-2700 or Direct from the USA: (210) 668-6000 Fax: (011-525) 230-2701 or Direct from the USA: (210) 668-6001

Generally, you get it from your SMDS network provider. I am under the impression that the [c/e]1-xxx-xxx-xxxx[-ffff] SMDS E.164 IDs are unique throughout the IXCs and Bells, but I could be wrong. If you're building a private SMDS net, there may be some SMDS E.164 namespace delegation authority. Check with Bellcore? I'm sure they have a white paper somewhere that describes the name space allocation for SMDS. Avi