Billing Support
System (BSS)
Advantage 360’s BSS is built to streamline and automate critical customer and revenue-related operations, from product management to payment collections.
BSS Features & Functions
Advantage 360’s BSS is designed to streamline and optimize key aspects of your telecom operations, providing a robust set of tools that manage everything from CRM and product management to invoicing, payments, and revenue management. Each of these functionalities ensures you deliver seamless customer experiences while efficiently handling complex telecom billing and service demands.Provides a comprehensive system for managing customer interactions, including entity management (accounts, addresses, contacts, phone numbers, and emails), helping telecom operators maintain a full view of customer data for better engagement.
Covers the entire customer journey, from account creation to closure. This includes managing activations, upgrades, downgrades, renewals, and cancellations to ensure seamless service transitions.
Enables dynamic configuration and management of telecom products and services, including bundling, modifications, and introduction of new offerings tailored to different market segments.
Automates and manages the lifecycle of service orders, coordinating between various departments to ensure timely fulfillment and activation of services with minimal manual intervention.
Aggregates and processes data from multiple network sources for accurate billing. Mediation ensures that usage data is transformed into billable events across voice, data, and messaging services.
Manages the entire billing cycle, including real-time rating and charging. This function supports various business models like subscription-based and usage-based billing, allowing flexibility in pricing.
Automates the application of late fees for overdue payments, helping operators manage revenue collection effectively while reducing payment delays.
Generates detailed, customizable invoices that provide customers with clear information on their services, usage, and charges. Invoices can be delivered electronically or via traditional mail.
Handles multiple payment channels, including credit cards, ACH transfers, and digital wallets. This function ensures that payments are processed securely and efficiently.
Due Treatment
Manages overdue accounts through automated notifications, reminders, and workflows designed to recover outstanding debts while maintaining customer relationships.
Ensures accurate billing, invoicing, and revenue collection by identifying discrepancies and preventing revenue leakages. This function safeguards the financial health of the telecom operator.
Supports international roaming scenarios by accurately capturing and billing roaming services, including data, voice, and SMS, both inbound and outbound.
Online / Converged Charging System (OCS/CCS)
Advantage 360’s OCS / CCS is essential for telecom providers looking to effectively manage real-time billing and service delivery in 4G and 5G environments.OCS provides the capability to perform real-time rating and charging for various services, including data, voice, and SMS. This ensures customers are billed immediately for their usage, improving cash flow and revenue collection.
CCS is designed to handle complex and dynamic business models, such as network slicing and Internet of Things (IoT) services in 5G. This flexibility allows telecom operators to create tailored pricing strategies and service bundles.
CCS facilitates the monetization of innovative services by allowing telecom operators to implement flexible pricing models. This includes the ability to charge based on usage patterns and service tiers, helping to maximize revenue potential.
Both OCS and CCS support a variety of charging mechanisms, including prepaid and postpaid billing. This allows operators to offer diverse payment options to their customers, accommodating different preferences and needs.
OCS enables customers to manage their service usage in real-time, providing options to control data consumption and spending. This enhances customer satisfaction by offering transparency and personalized service management.
OCS and CCS work seamlessly with Advantage 360’s BSS to ensure accurate and timely billing, leveraging customer data and service usage information for effective revenue management.
By ensuring accurate real-time charging and monitoring service usage, OCS and CCS help prevent revenue leakages and discrepancies, providing telecom operators with assurance that they are capturing all billable events.
Advantage 360’s BSS platform is fully equipped to integrate with Online Charging Systems (OCS) and Converged Charging Systems (CCS), providing real-time rating and charging capabilities. This is especially crucial for 4G and 5G environments, where service providers need to offer real-time control and flexibility in service usage and billing.
For 5G, CCS is essential in enabling service providers to handle dynamic business models and network slicing. With CCS, you can monetize emerging services like IoT and ultra-reliable low-latency communications. CCS empowers providers to create flexible pricing models, bundle services, and ensure real-time charging, eliminating revenue leakages. This supports both online (prepaid) and offline (postpaid) services, allowing seamless management of diverse revenue streams across 5G networks
The OCS further enhances real-time interaction, enabling precise charging for data, voice, and SMS services. It also supports control over subscriber usage, allowing telecom operators to offer a customizable experience to their customers while ensuring accurate billing and timely alerts for account balance or service usage.
With Advantage 360’s BSS and its integration with OCS/CCS for 4G and 5G, telecom providers are well-equipped to handle the complex demands of modern networks, streamline operations, and create new revenue opportunities. The system ensures flexibility, scalability, and real-time control, making it the perfect solution for providers looking to stay competitive in the ever-evolving telecom landscape.