Method and system for routing of inbound toll-free and tolled communications

A feature server of a telecommunications network comprising:

• a network interface configured to receive a plurality of incoming communications, at least one incoming communication of the plurality of the incoming communications, received from an end office, comprising a telephone number associated with a client of the telecommunications network, the at least one incoming communication not including a carrier identification code (CIC);
• a processing device configured to:
• obtain the telephone number from the incoming communication;
• request information from a CIC data source associated with the telephone number;
• receive a data schema associated with the telephone number;
• analyze the data schema;
• determine a CIC to associate with the telephone number based on the analysis of the data schema;
• identify a first telecommunication subnetwork from a plurality of telecommunication subnetworks managed by a singular telecommunications company based at least in part on the telephone number and the determined CIC;
• and
• a transmitting component for transmitting the at least one incoming communication through the first telecommunication subnetwork to a destination device.

A method for operating a telecommunications network, the method comprising:

• receiving an incoming communication, from an end office, at an application server for receiving communications, the incoming communication comprising a telephone number associated with a client of the telecommunications network, and the incoming communication not including a carrier identification code (CIC);
• obtaining the telephone number from the incoming communication;
• requesting information from a CIC data source associated with the telephone number;
• receiving a data schema associated with the telephone number, wherein the data schema includes two or more CICs associated with the telephone number;
• analyzing the data schema;
• determining one of the two or more CICs to associate with the telephone number based on the analysis of the data schema;
• associating the determined CIC with the incoming communication;
• identifying a first telecommunications subnetwork from a plurality of telecommunications subnetworks managed by a singular telecommunications company based at least in part on the telephone number and the determined CIC;
• and
• transmitting the incoming communication through the first telecommunications subnetwork to a destination device.