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NetInterConnect SS7-Based Inter-Carrier Billing

NetInterConnect triumphs over:

• Phantom traffic
• Bypass
• Improperly dipped calls from tandem switches
• EAS trunk manipulation
• Incorrect Trunking or Switch Table Translation errors

Tekno Telecom's NetQuest NetInterConnect Advantage:

SS7 CDRs are inherently more accurate than switch-generated CDRs because they:

• contain more information
• are switch independent
• are easier to work with
• are more accurate because switch CDR generation is a tertiary function
• are error-free as a result of the absence of required human intervention in the switch environment (translation tables, trunking, dial plan data, etc.)

This allows for easier identification of potential missing revenue due to:

• Phantom traffic
• Bypass
• Improperly dipped calls from tandem switches
• Incorrect Trunking or Switch Table Translation errors

Today carriers are successfully using Tekno's SS7 CDRs for inter-carrier billing:

• Tekno's SS7 CDRs repeatedly prove valid in Court for inter-carrier billing disputes.
• RBOCs are now using SS7 CDRs as the defining standard for all billing disputes.

Tekno's SS7 CDR systems are considered a standard of excellence by many Revenue Assurance companies where SS7 CDRs are empirically compared to switch-generated and switch post-mediated CDRs, and are also selected by these same revenue assurance companies as the preferred source of definitive superior SS7 CDR data among Tekno Telecom’s peers.

Dramatic Return on Investment

NetInterConnect's product suite provides a rapid ROI in potentially excess of 300% within just one year. Carriers using NetInterConnect will have quantifiable data that can be used to maximize inter-connect billing and recover lost billing due to phantom, bypass, and other unrecorded CDRs. Maximum revenue realization, increased customer satisfaction, and increased business intelligence strategically positions carriers to realize profit benchmarks that formerly were simply unachievable.

The Problem

Carriers are reliant on inter-connect partners for their billing and settlement payment CDRs and the resulting revenue losses have been estimated by industry carriers and prominent industry organizations from as low as 5% to as high as 50% depending upon the specific carrier companies involved. Many independent carrier ILECs and CLECs do not record in-bound calls and do not generate in-bound CDRs to cross check and validate carrier partner CDR exchange record data. For the handful of carriers that do record in-bound CDRs at the switch, the CDRs must be processed with billing rules-based algorithms that are administratively expensive and systematically difficult to maintain. Consequently many carriers rely on blind faith that their CABS billing vendor will spot and rectify any billing anomalies. Unfortunately, problems where the central office engineering and network topology do not exactly match the billing system [due to trunking errors, switch translation problems, outdated dial plan data, and/or mismatches due to EAS (Extended Area Service) calling plans to switch record data, etc.], makes total revenue capture billing a significant and often insurmountable challenge for the CABS bill vendor.

• Presently customers using switch CDRs must properly program the switch (trunk tables, translations, and dial plan data, etc.) to:
  - Collect switch CDRs
  - Mediate CDRs
  - Retest after switch loads and test after dial plan changes/updates
  - Adjust to central office engineering network trunk topologies
  - Adjust for known problems, duplicate CDRs, missing CDRs, invalid CDRs
  - Administratively difficult with many billing data challenges
  - Remain dependent on Tandem company for “authoritative” billing record data

The Solution

• Enriched SS7 CDRs are jurisdictionalized and rated to provide a carrier with all the information that they need to generate bills for inter-connect carriers (Wireline,Wireless, IXC, Local, and Toll, etc.) with minimal administration.
• Tekno passes this information to system reports that identify lost revenue sources due to Phantom traffic, wireless, VOIP, Bypass, EAS calling, wrong LNP tandeming, ISP, etc.
• Tekno can also optionally provide SS7 CDRs in AMA BAF, or EMI/EMR record format.
• Tekno can provide long term CDR storage for subsequent analysis of billing disputes.
• Tekno can optionally provide reports in SeCabs billing format.
• Extremely easy to administrate and use just add Rate Info and Trunk Group Info
• That is it!

Key Benefits

Tekno's SS7 CDRs maximize profitability by utilizing the super accurate Tekno NAS SS7 CDR Data Source to derive all income that is owed to your Company often missing in the current switch environment due to:

• Wireless traffic coming from the Tandem company
• Phantom traffic
• Bypass traffic
• Improperly dipped traffic
• Incorrect PIU/PLU factors
• Switch translation table problems
• Mediation problems
• Switch inaccuracies and billing data problems/issues

Tekno's SS7 CDRs can be processed by NetInterConnect to yield:

• Immediate profit enhancement
• Revenue-base protection and revenue assurance
• Defining superior empirical data to guard against billing disputes losses
• Network optimization information
• Customer and inter-carrier partner total satisfaction
• Management staff piece of mind
• RISK FREE

The Process

Tekno Telecom’s SS7 non-intrusive monitoring devices, NetCCS and NetAnalyzer decode SS7, IP, and ATM data and count every MSU cell and packet, then correlates each protocol message into CDRs and TDRs, and transmits them along with statistical reports to Tekno’s NetInterConnect centralized server application. Standard and custom reports are generated from the NetInterConnnect system on an hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly basis to render extremely accurate and reliable billing records for revenue maximization.

Conclusion

Revenue and profit maximization today are the key to both survival and success. NetInterConnect's total network analysis provides the carrier with accurate quantifiable information that will ensure profitable revenue gains with definitive data. Whether it be wireline, wireless, or next-generation telephony networks, Tekno Telecom’s NetInterConnect product solution will provide your company with the correct answers to your billing needs today.

Contact Us

For more information about NetInterConnect call Darrell Merschak at 630-579-9800, Ext. 226, or send an E-mail.