Charging & Rating


  • B/OSS World: Policy Management Critical to Value-Based Billing, Panel Says
    Policy management is critical for operators to move successfully to value-based billing, according to panelists speaking at the Billing & OSS World Conference & Expo this week in Las Vegas.The migration to value-based billing is top of mind because it moves service ...More
    April 17, 2009 By Khali Henderson
    Posted in News
  • Convergys Signs NTELOS, Upgrades Convergent Charging
    NTELOS Holdings Corp., an integrated communications provider from Waynesboro, Virg., will be first to make use of enhancements Convergys made to its Real-Time Convergent Charging Solution.Convergys announced both the enhancements and the signing of NTELOS this week. NTELOS ...More
    March 20, 2009
    Posted in News
  • Mobile World Congress: Amdocs Develops LTE and WiMAX Solutions
    Amdocs is trying to ensure a more predictable, profitable evolution toward 4G through technologies it announced this week at Mobile World Congress for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) standards.The new products include ...More
    February 16, 2009
    Posted in News
  • CHARGE Anywhere, Orange Team for POS Solutions
    CHARGE Anywhere and Orange have just completed an agreement that allows Orange to enrich its partner portfolio with wireless POS solutions. It gives CHARGE Anywhere access to an API that enables the company to address a growing international segment."CHARGE Anywhere ...More
    October 20, 2008
    Posted in News
  • HP Reveals Stable of Real-time Charging Customers
    HP named five service provider customers for its real-time charging solution Tuesday, which demonstrates both the demand for this type or charging as well as HP’s strength in emerging markets.China Telecom, FASTWEB in Italy, Telcel in Mexico, VimpelCom in Russia, and ...More
    July 15, 2008 By Tim McElligott
    Posted in News
  • Switching to Offense with Convergent, Real-Time Services
    Telecommunications companies can sit back and wait for the onslaught from Internet/search and media and entertainment companies encroaching on traditional telecom turf, or, they aggressively can lobby their vendors to go beyond the status quo and lead the charge toward ...More
    February 29, 2008
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • 3G billing challenges for MEA operators
    As 3G services pick up momentum in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), revenue assurance is becoming a point of interest. According to Andrew Rodaway, director of marketing and communications, Intec Telecom Systems, “The partnerships necessary to deliver content services ...More
    December 12, 2007
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • Why Wait for IMS?
    Many of the critical tools that can enable rich new services are already in large-scale use and can do many of the things services providers seem content to wait for IMS to deliver. But the question is - why wait? ...More
    September 1, 2007
    Posted in Articles
  • Mobile Operators Race to Embrace Retail Models
    Operators have to become truly multi-service providers if they are to maintain their status as the key service provider to subscribers. That necessitates true flexibility and real-time capabilities in mediation, rating, billing and replenishment to accommodate multiple ...More
    October 1, 2006
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • IMS: 'Softening' the Hardships of IP Architecture
    IMS documentation is showing a lot of promise, but carriers need to compel their vendors to adhere to evolving standards if IMS is to live up to its potential. ...More
    May 1, 2006
    Posted in Articles, Billing