Custom development of billing system for a national PTT

Summary:

Custom development of billing system for a national PTT

Challenge:

The customer wanted to launch new generation services with new Rate plans but its legacy billing systems was a limitation. The need was to support a billing system which permits multiple domains. The challenge was to develop a customized billing solution including modules like Sales and Order Handling, Work force Management, Rating and Discounts and Invoicing & Payments.

Solution:

The client's current billing system is being custom developed using scalable architecture based on RUP methodology. The solution is designed to integrate the existing legacy applications with the new applications. The implementation started with requirements definition, design, proof of concept, architecture to development, migration and transitioning. The new billing system would be fully convergent with technologies like CDMA, CA-TV, ISDN and 3G. Highlights of the solution are: Distributed database architecture to support high scalability (upto 10 million accounts) Scalability from 4000 to 10000 application users Pre-paid and post paid facilities in a single billing system Flexible product and services module to support various domains Ability to integrate with other applications for smooth flow of information using EAI (TIBCO)

Benefits:

A highly scalable Billing Solution to handle subscriber growth, both in terms of number and in terms of services offered. Need for minimal customization requirements in the future to add new services. Other features of the solution include simplicity and easy application management. The solution was in line with the latest GSM roaming standards ensuring excellent throughput, scalability and flexibility.

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