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Computaris Convergent Charging Solution (CCS)In a continuously demanding and competitive market, communication service providersare looking for new ways to improve their business agility and increase their efficiency,while maximizing the opportunities afforded by new technologies.Emerging technologies and new business models have the potential to radically modifythe direction of the communication industry.Communication service providers need to actively engage in the media and advertisingindustries, to enter multimedia, internet advertising or social networking. But to realizethese opportunities, operators need a single customer-centric convergent environmentbuilt around a single charging and billing solution, which can help them address threeimportant challenges: centralized financial value of each subscriber, managingoperational expenses, and marketing agility to deploy \"high-margin services\" such asvalue added services, content-based/IP-based services.Computaris SolutionComputaris Convergent Charging Solution (CCS)supplies communication service providers withconvergent real-time rating, charging and billing,allowing them to deliver any service to anycustomer in any service environment by: Combining state of the art technologies on rating, charging and billing with IN, messaging and self-care Offering cross technology integration teams with experience on signaling, rating, charging, billing, customer care and provisioningSolution Benefits  Unique point of settlement with partners Full IN architecture ready for 3G or NGN  Wallets for all subscribers and services Comprehensive Connector Framework and Open APIs  Flexible configuration of credit limits and service specific wallets Highly scalable

Solution Features  Processing: real-time/offline  Business model: Payment methods: prepaid/postpaid/blended retail/wholesale/MVNO Customers groups: business/privateSolution ArchitectureManage OPEXBy integrating a customer-centric convergent solution, communication service providerscan save operational expenses by:Ensuring comprehensive charging and controlReal-time online control of customers’ balances and their credit efficiently eliminatesfraud and credit exposure risks.

Single contact point for customer careReduce the cost of several points of integration with other BSS/OSS systemsrepresenting various data sources by replacing them with unified access to all chargingand billing related information.Grow customers’ loyalty with flexible payments Innovate with hybrid prepaid/postpaid payments both at private and enterprise level Introduce capped payment plans and allow customers to control their own spending per individual and per service Offer service specific wallets for high end services such as mobile payments, IPTV or video conferencingDeploying \"High-margin\" Innovative ServicesCharge for high value services and complex bundles with multiple usage methods: forexample charge a recurring monthly fee for video-on-demand, but also as one-time fee(pay-per-view) or dependent on time or loyalty criteria. Also, benefit with:Automated partner settlement Unique automated point of settlement with all categories of partners: dealers, content providers, interworking operators Significantly lower costs by automating time-consuming processes and generating accurate cost and profitability reportsProfit simulation and pricing analytics Test revenues, costs and profitability of new and existing offers, based on real-life scenarios Identify the most profitable customer profiles, most effective services bundles and best partners Deploy simulated offers immediatelyFlexible usage of mobile wallets Enable new revenue streams through innovative transaction services such as online and retail payments, content sharing or ticketing Provide loyalty management solutions and mobile marketing integrated across all transactional services

About ComputarisComputaris, an R Systems business, specializes in system integration, BSS technicalconsultancy and software development for software vendors and CommunicationServices Providers (CSPs) mainly operating in Europe, North America and South East Asia.We offer the highest level of telecom expertise in the area of real-time rating andcharging, messaging, provisioning, mediation, subscriber data management, mobilebroadband data policy management, loyalty and churn management.Our project portfolio ranges from very specific telecom consultancy assignments tocomplete deployment and migration of mission-critical real-time system going throughsoftware development, customization, integration, migration, support and maintenance. www.computaris.com