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Interconnect Billing

Course code PWL126 Duration 1 day
Course Overview Modules (5) Dates (2) Prerequisites
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Prerequisite courses (2) Follow-on courses (2)

Course Overview

1 day course

This 1-day course looks at Interconnect billing, the money charges to and paid to other carriers. This is increasingly becoming the major part of the revenue of many non-incumbent operators in EMEA and elsewhere.

This course looks at this area and exposes some problems and potential pitfalls.

This 1-day course forms part of our 5-day Billing program which offers a comprehensive introduction to the main types of billing systems and services available in modern telecommunications. The other courses in this program are Telecoms Billing Introduction, IP Billing, and Billing for GSM, GPRS and 3G Mobile Systems. Each course can be taken individually or as a 5 day program.

Modules

  • What is interconnect?
  • Why interconnect matters
  • Declaration
  • The interconnect agreement
  • Settlement variations
  • The interconnect business process
  • Concepts and Terminology
  • Interconnect call scenarios
  • Accounting Rate
  • Sender keeps all
  • Element Based Conveyance (EBC)
  • Number Translation Services
  • Interconnect for ISPs
  • - Web Hosting
  • - Revenue share models
  • - Interconnect and Number Portability
  • - Call forwarding
  • - Centralised database
  • How retail differs from interconnect
  • Scope
  • Management of reference data
  • CDR mapping, completion, repair and enhancement
  • Pricing
  • - The rating process
  • - Interconnect rating styles
  • - CDR and bulk rating
  • - Distance and destination based
  • - Volume and Commitment levels
  • - Revenue sharing
  • - Content
  • Post pricing
  • - Adjustments
  • - Re-pricing
  • - Discounting
  • - Invoicing and Taxation
  • Summaries and Reports
  • Reconciliation processes and standards
  • Least Cost Routing
  • Roles and resources
  • Outline implementation plan
  • Scalability and resilience
  • Competitive pressures
  • Voice and data trends
  • The impact of technology on interconnect
  • 3G services
  • IP interconnect
  • - IP event records
  • - QoS issues
  • Billing for IP services
  • The IP billing value chain
  • The total business solution for interconnect
  • - Interconnect churn
  • - Fraud and interconnect
  • - "Operator Care"
  • - Interconnect for the Board
  • Extending the boundaries of interconnect

Prerequisites

Delegates should have a background in telecoms and basic understanding of telecommunications billing principles.

Prerequisite Courses

  1. Telecommunications Billing Introduction A 2-day training course covering an introduction to telecommunications billing systems and architecture for telecoms professionals. code PWL128 next date September 16 in London 2 days
  2. Telecoms Fundamentals For Professionals A four-day training course on Telecoms Fundamentals for Professionals. Covering fixed line, wireless, datacommunications, VOIP and Triple Play. code PWL006 next date July 08 in London 2 other dates in London 4 days

Follow-on Courses

  1. IP Billing A 1-day training course examining billing for IP and Applications including charging architecture for services such as Voice over IP. code PWL127 next date July 26 in London 1 other date in London 1 day
  2. Billing for GSM, GPRS and 3G Mobile Systems A 1-day training course covering billing systems and architectures for GSM, GPRS and 3G UMTS, including charging for roaming and carrier interconnect. code PWL129 next date July 25 in London 1 other date in London 1 day

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