Our Purpose
The National Telecommunications Data Exchange, Inc. (NTDE) is a member-owned database housed and managed by Equifax. Membership is available to any communication company with commercial accounts in the United States.
The organization provides critical support for members by identifying higher-risk business accounts among new-service applicants. By accessing the NTDE database, members can search for matches between information supplied by their
new applicants and unpaid, closed-account information supplied by fellow members.
These comments are from some of our members:
“During 2004, we turned off only 105 accounts that owed us money, a considerable drop from 239 in 2003. We attribute this improvement to better customers, more surety, less risk exposure. We believe these benefits result from using NTDE
in our revenue assurance procedures.”
“We rely upon NTDE to give us answers when other sources of credit information leave us guessing. I was able to turn down a $40,000 per month applicant with confidence because of the information I obtained from NTDE. My other sources of credit data only suggested that slow payment might be a problem.”
“I put NTDE to the ultimate test. I approved 12 accounts that NTDE told me were definitely to be avoided. I watched them carefully. Within 6 months, 10 of these accounts were turned off. They owed us a total of $15,000+. It convinced me.
The revenue I might have forgone on the 2 accounts that turned into good customers would have been a small price to pay for dodging the bullet on ten deadbeats. I run all my applicants against NTDE.”
“Dollar amount and number of NTDE hits clarify the expected course of business for a customer. While one small NTDE hit might not raise serious doubt about the ability of a company to pay, multiple NTDE matches and/or debt amounts that are substantial, point to a company’s inability to manage financial resources and a direct unwillingness to pay debts.
Read the entire testimonial from this member.
If you would like to speak with one or more NTDE members, or to receive a prospective member information package, including an application, please contact:
Alan Moore, Executive Director
Telephone 972-518-0019
Mailing address P.O. Box 167688, Irving, TX 75016-7688
Email the Executive Director
| Customer Information If you have experienced an adverse credit decision in your application for commercial service from one of our members, please click on the Customer Rights tab at the top of the page. |
