telecom research founded october 1983 ; 33 years ago 1983 10 headquarters 444 hoes lane piscataway nj 08854 u.s.a key people richard jacowleff ceo products common language information services mobile messaging numbering solutions owner ericsson 2012 present number of employees 350 march 2015 website iconectiv.com telcordia technologies inc. doing business as iconectiv is an american subsidiary of the swedish telecommunications company ericsson . the company provides interconnection technology and clearinghouse solutions for numbering plan routing call billing and technical standards coordination between competing telecommunications carriers . telcordia s headquarters are located in piscataway new jersey u.s. . the company maintains several branches and subsidiaries in the americas europe and asia . telcordia was formerly known as bell communications research inc. or bellcore . it was the telecommunication research and development company created as part of the break up of the american telephone and telegraph company at & t . contents 1 history 2 separation from the baby bells 3 acquisition by ericsson 4 notable clients 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit telcordia was created on october 20 1983 as central services organization . 1 as part of the 1982 modification of final judgment that broke up the bell system . it later received the name bell communications research . nicknamed bellcore it was a consortium established by the regional bell operating companies upon their separation from at & t. since at & t retained bell laboratories the operating companies desired a separate research and development facility . bellcore the tenth company to register an internet domain name in com tld provided joint research and development standards setting training and centralized government point of contact functions for its co owners the seven regional holding companies that were themselves divested from at & t as holding companies for the 22 local bell operating companies . bellcore s initial staff and corporate culture were drawn from the nearby bell laboratories locations in northern new jersey plus additional staff from at & t and regional operating companies . the company originally had its headquarters in livingston with dedication by new jersey governor thomas kean in 1985 but moved its headquarters to morristown a decade later . bellcore operated the former bell system center for technical education in lisle illinois . separation from the baby bells edit in 1996 the company was provisionally acquired by science applications international corporation saic . 2 the sale was closed one year later following a regulatory approval process that covered all the states individually . since the divested company no longer had any ownership connection with the bell regional companies the name was officially changed to telcordia technologies . in 1999 . 3 the headquarters was eventually moved to piscataway . 4 stake in the company was subsequently sold in november 2004 to providence equity partners and warburg pincus who both held equal stakes in the company . on june 14 2011 ericsson announced an agreement to acquire telcordia for 1.15 billion . 5 on january 12 2012 telcordia became a wholly owned subsidiary of ericsson . 6 telcordia has been a major architect of the united states telecommunications system and has pioneered many services including caller id call waiting mobile number portability and toll free telephone number 800 . its expertise is in managing large complex projects across the operations and communications spectrum . telcordia offers products and services in the area of network planning and engineering service assurance delivery fulfillment and data management and operations support . telcordia s software products are designed to solve communications problems support complex operations missions and system interoperability issues . it also writes proposed generic requirements grs for telecommunications industry hardware and offers consulting on these grs . telcordia maintains its headquarters in piscataway new jersey and operates a software development facility in chennai india . telcordia pioneered the prepaid charging system the intelligent network . most of the development work in intelligent networks is conducted in the laboratories in india and the united states . the headquarters campus in piscataway and its offices and laboratories in red bank new jersey are former bell labs locations that were transferred to telcordia . acquisition by ericsson edit on june 15 2011 ericsson announced the purchase of telcordia for 1.15 billion 7 from private equity firms providence equity partners and warburg pincus 8 in order to pursue industry trends that include mobile broadband managed services outsourcing and global oss bss transformation . 9 the acquisition which officially closed on january 12 2012 10 added about 2 600 employees to ericsson s staff . 11 telcordia was folded into ericsson s multimedia unit 12 now called support solutions . 13 on june 4 2012 telcordia and its products were officially rebranded as ericsson . 14 as part of the deal telcordia s advanced technology solutions business unit the company s research arm was rebranded as applied communication sciences becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of ericsson operating independently on day to day operations pursuant to a proxy structure mandated by the u.s. government . 15 in october 2012 applied communication sciences relocated its headquarters to basking ridge new jersey occupying the former headquarters of at & t wireless . in february 2013 ericsson launched iconectiv as the new brand for its interconnection business . 16 ericsson will maintain a presence in piscataway new jersey where telcordia was headquartered . notable clients edit in 2015 telcordia won a contract procured by the federal communications commission fcc to operate the number portability administration center npac . 17 the service had been operated by neustar inc. for 18 years . telcordia dba iconectiv was awarded the contract from ctia to provide common short code csc registry services effective january 1 2016 . 18 see also edit telcordia lerg routing guide references edit restated articles of incorporation of bell communications research inc. dr. j. robert beyster with peter economy 2007 . the saic solution how we built an 8 billion employee owned technology company . john wiley & sons . isbn 978 047009752 6 . state of delaware office of the secretary of state march 17 1999 tim mcelligott & jason meyers bellcore 3.0 connected planet september 22 2003 accessed july 8 2010 ericsson to acquire telcordia press release ericsson 2011 06 14 ericsson closes telcordia acquisition . 2012 01 12 . ericsson to acquire telcordia for 1.15 billion . new york times . retrieved 2012 08 30 . ericsson says it will buy telcordia for 1.15 billion . wall street journal . retrieved 2012 08 30 . ericsson deepens back office focus with telcordia acquisition . connected planet . retrieved 2012 08 30 . ericsson closes telcordia acquisition for us 1.15 bn after short delay . vanilla plus . retrieved 2012 08 30 . ericsson to buy telcordia for 1.2 billion to add services . bloomberg . retrieved 2012 08 30 . ericsson completes telcordia purchase . billing & oss world . retrieved 2012 08 30 . ericsson forms support business unit around billing systems . bloomberg . retrieved 2012 08 30 . say goodbye to telcordia . light reading . retrieved 2012 08 30 . telcordia applied communication sciences becomes wholly owned subsidiary of telcordia technologies . oss news review . retrieved 2012 08 30 . interconnection solutions renamed iconectiv kasra kangarloo 2015 03 26 . neustar loses bid for lucrative contract after fcc recommendation . washington business journal . retrieved 2015 06 23 . ctia names iconectiv to manage short code registry . telecompaper . 31 july 2015 . retrieved 4 may 2016 . external links edit official website 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