ABSTRACT: GR-697 replaces TR-TSY-000697, Issue 1, but contains NO TECHNICAL CHANGES from that original document. It has been issued strictly to conform with the new Telcordia Technologies document format and GR process, and carries a new issue number and date.

Feature Group provides to the patron (service purchaser) line-side termination and a 7-digit access code (the directory number of the access line) at the Feature Group A (FGA) Serving Office (FGASO). FGA consists of line-terminated access circuits that will include, but are not limited to, arrangements used to provide interLATA (Local Access and Transport Area) Foreign Exchange (FX) service, Exchange Network for InterLATA Access (ENFIA) A-type service, and interLATA off-network access lines from private networks. This Generic Requirements document (GR) describes the view of Telcordia on generic requirements for Feature Group A.

GR-666, GR-672, GR-674, GR-675, GR-677, GR-679, GR-690, GR-691, GR-692, GR-693, GR-695, GR-697, and GR-698, replaced TR-TSY-000530.