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Highlights
With the service development and network convergence, traditional telecom services are forced to transform from the communication-aimed service to enriched information and entertainment service. While the new emerged services producing tremendous profits to operators, they also urged them to provide an integrated billing platform, by which it can support multi-billing methods (content charging, traffic charging, etc) and control user real-time consumption. OCS (Online Charging System) emerges on condition of such situation.
As a network element (NE) defined by 3GPP, OCS is assumed to work very stably and reliably. ZTE is an independent member of 3GPP with plentiful R&D and implementation experience in core network, intelligent network and billing system, has developed out an online charging platform incorporating both the benefits of network system equipment and IT equipment. ZTE OCS is an open, centralized and flexible online charging platform consolidated with reference to 3GPP’s recommendations on OCS. The ability of real-time charging, real-time controlling solves the customer arrear problem perfectly; also, it minimizes the difference amongst networks through the centralized management of customer, product and pricing information. The multi-party convergence feature benefits the flexible configuration for price bundles. So, if equipped with ZSmart OCS, the arrear cost will be reduced extremely, more market opportunities and better customer experience will be presented quickly.
Benefits
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Excellent Operation Assurance
Real-time balance and credit control can monitor customer’s real-time balance and automatically cut off service in case of balance deficiency. By this means, you can set limit to overdue and it will help you to reduce risks incurred from high expense services as well as costs of arrear.
Reliable and stable operation minimizes the trouble occurrence rate and guarantees sustainable service capability based on the key components backup and stable support ability of intelligent network operation system.
It supports multiple interfaces with CRM and billing systems, the functions like information synchronization, real-time update, recharge, provisioning, inquiry and CDR generation ensure consolidated operation for operators. Through the simple and refined WEB interface, you can easily configure or maintain system, reduce maintenance cost and complexity.
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Powerful Billing Engine
Online charging is conducted among various network elements including circuit domain, packet domain, service domain and IMS, the interactive process is not only fast, secure, but also very reliable.
The price plan and discounting can be set flexibly; the pricing options support multi-factor, multi-rule, and multi-calculation methods, and the rule engine is driven by parameters, all these features can meet different billing scenarios.
Our extensive experience gained from home and abroad commercial use of intelligent network, service platform and charging platform ensures the accuracy and reliability of real-time charging and content charging. In accordance with 3GPP industry recommendations, our system can present a centralized online charging platform for various network devices.
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Advanced Data Model
Based on years of charging practice, analyzing and modeling of various charging scenarios, ZTE has established advanced charging data model. Centralized management of customer view, hierarchically stored product catalog, flexible customized pricing options, freely assorted sub- and primary-account, all these measures facilitate and assure marketing, customer care and new business development.
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Enhanced Customer Experience
The convergent and unified billing system for session, bearer and content events across PSTN, PHS, GSM / WCDMA, CDMA / CDMA2000 and IPTV enables different customers to use all services at a time, and the customized price bundle caters well to customer needs at different levels.
The unified customer view, product catalogs, price plan, billing engine and universal operation flow level the gap between prepaid and postpaid customers, enable the free switch between these two different billing modes.
All the charges can be paid through either a common account or personalized account, this guarantees customers to enjoy their favorite services, as well as promotes service development from corporate customers. The real-time advice of charging and balance, before use, in use and after use, improves customer experience and increases customer satisfaction.
Typical Operation Process

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