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  • Re: What are your thoughts on real-time for Postpaid?

    Hej Jonathan, I think it will always be a 'return on investment' decision. Offline charging is still cheaper than online charging - so it is about making sure you have the right charging method (independent of the payment method) for each scenario. For the EU ' Bill shock prevention' you will need online...
    by Jane Rygaard on 12-03-2009
  • What are your thoughts on real-time for Postpaid?

    Hi all, Service providers are facing increased pressure to provide customers with more accurate, immediate insight into their usage charges - especially across data and roaming services. New EU regulations are focused on this as well, stipulating that service providers terminate service immediately once...
    by Jonathan Shmukler on 11-26-2009
  • Re: Are web payment platforms stealing telco's lunch?

    Tony - I recently twitted about an article written by Christina Warren from Mashable and tried to raise the discussion in terms of telco billing. I entitled my twitter post " Web payment platforms continue to make inroads - decreasing the importance of telcos as billers ". I wanted to frame the issue...
    by Hans Eismann on 10-08-2009
  • Online versus Offline Charging

    In preparation for eTOM 8.5 update, the following description of Offline Charging an Online Charging has been drafted: Online Charging is performed in real-time, requiring an authorization component which may affect how the service is rendered and enables an operator to provide prepaid services to its...
    by Henk Ensing on 07-21-2009
  • The Great Online Charging Debate Begins!

    Day Three here in Baltimore and we are almost done! Yesterday, the team completed and presented a submission to the Business Process Framework (eTOM) Team for updating v8.5 Charging and Balance Management Level 2 processes. The presentation, as given, is attached as a PDF. We would now like to kick-off...
    by Tony Poulos on 06-24-2009
  • Re: The Great Online Charging Debate Begins!

    Hi Tony, here's the first of many comments I suspect... I disagree with including any mention of "near real-time" in the definition. In my view, to be online, it can only be in real-time . (We also risk a never-ending debate about varying degrees of near real-time if we're not careful...
    by Dominic Smith on 06-18-2009
  • The Great Online Charging Debate Begins!

    OK, I know you've all been waiting with bated breath for this so here goes. Firstly, I will only list the processes that we have identified as needing to be added to the Business Process Framework (eTOM) to account for Online Charging. We need your input to clarify the definitions which will be provided...
    by Tony Poulos on 06-17-2009
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