The Problem.

The number of telephone companies operating in the United States has exploded since the break-up of AT&T and the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Currently, there are over 3,500 telephone companies operating in the U.S. and many have multiple subpoena compliance offices.

In addition, to conserve telephone numbers, a thousands-block number pooling program has begun. In areas designated for thousands-block number pooling, telephone exchanges are no longer assigned to one telephone company. Instead, an exchange is split into blocks of one thousand sequential telephone numbers and each block can be assigned to a different telephone company. To further complicate matters, a telephone company must return ("give-back") a thousands-block if it is not used within a specified period of time.

The net result: Determining the correct telephone company and the subpoena compliance office that a subpoena should be sent to has become much more complicated.

After enduring the clerical work involved in sorting hundreds or thousands of telephone numbers by telephone company, addressing the subpoenas and reprocessing many of them because your addresses were incorrect you may be saying to yourself, "There must be a better way." Well there is - and it's TCSG

TCSG Is The Solution.

TCSG is unique and its protected by U.S. Patent No. 6,981,216 B1. TCSG is the simplest and most accurate method of generating subpoenas to request telephone subscriber information from telephone companies. All the user has to do is generate a list of telephone numbers targeted for subpoenas and select the subpoena template to be used. Completed subpoenas ready for signature are generated; or the user can select the subpoena rider option and generate a rider containing the telephone company name, address and the list of telephone numbers for each subpoena. In either case, TCSG automatically selects the correct telephone company and the correct office address for each subpoena.

Key Features Include:

TCSG Database

The first step in producing accurate subpoenas is an up-to-date database. With the current flux in the telephony industry, maintaining the database requires almost daily updates due to the addition of new telephone exchanges, area code splits, mergers, divestitures, give-backs, etc. The TCSG database includes the telephone company's subpoena compliance department address, telephone number and when available, the fax telephone number and e-mail address.

With TCSG, updating the database is a click away. TelcoSolutions maintains the database and you can retrieve the latest copy by downloading it from our web site or we'll send you a monthly update on CD-ROM. If we find a change in one of the major telephone companies, we'll even send you an e-mail alert.

Subpoena/Rider Templates

TCSG-generated subpoenas are customized by the law enforcement agency to meet the requirements of the agency, prosecutor's office or court. Once you have created the required template, select it when you run TCSG and the only steps left are to print, sign and send the subpoenas. We help you get started by providing a number of typical subpoena templates that you can customize. If your agency doesn't have subpoena power then use this feature to generate the subpoena request form.

Creating Data Files

Many telephone companies (ex. Verizon) request that a diskette with a file containing the list of telephone numbers covered by the subpoena be included with the subpoena. Data files are created automatically when required and are stored in the same folder as the output files.

Subpoena/Rider Logging

Every subpoena created by TCSG can be logged in the TCSG database. Logging prevents duplicate subpoenas from being generated and provides the user with a method of tracking outstanding subpoenas.

Simple To Use

To generate a set of subpoenas from a file containing a list of telephone numbers the user would:

• 1. Select the subpoena template, fill in the Subpoena Entry Screen, and click the Phone button.
• 2. Click the Process File button on the Telephone Company Lookup by Phone Screen, select the input file and then the output file.
• 3. Click the Print Subpoena button. You're done!

Learn More.

Try for 30 days our browser-based version of TCSG at www.tcsgdemo.com. Click the New User button and create a profile. You will be emailed a temporary password. For additional information contact TelcoSolutions, Inc., at 407-643-8903 or by email at tcsg@telcosolutions.com