Oracle Communications Prepaid Charging

Oracle Communications Prepaid Charging is Oracle’s evolutionary platform for multi-network prepaid charging and core network control. It is a proven, future-proof, online charging and control solution with extensive protocol support across wireline, mobile, and IP-centric networks. It executes hundreds of billions of transactions per year for customers around the globe. This charging solution is built, delivered, and supported entirely by Oracle, including hardware, operating system, database, application, and service-level-agreement-driven network-grade support.

As service providers launch innovative and personalized offerings, Oracle Communications Prepaid Charging enables them to efficiently maximize revenue and deliver real-time customer satisfaction with a flexible platform that speeds time to market. The solution allows operators to be smarter than their competitors with integrated business analytics provided by Oracle Communications Data Model, and provides a foundation and evolution path for convergent charging when augmented with Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management.

Providing innovative prepaid services since the 1990s, Oracle Communications Prepaid Charging is designed to help all service providers generate revenue, grow market share, and sustain competitive advantage by providing an agile platform to continuously segment the subscriber base and launch and charge subscribers for innovative service offerings.

Oracle Communications Prepaid Charging is supported by two optional products from the same Oracle Communication Network Charging and Control platform:

• Oracle Communications Number Services Manager—Uses Oracle's deep network expertise to provide originating and terminating number routing services for revenue generation and regulatory compliance, with value-added services such as a Virtual Private Network (VPN), Number Portability, Electronic Number Mapping (ENUM), least-cost routing, service numbers, carrier preselect, and presence and availability.
• Oracle Communications Messaging Manager—A centralized messaging solution that brings unique value to both originating and terminating Short Message Service (SMS) messages. Providing interoperability with other media, such as Instant Messaging and e-mail, Oracle Communications Messaging Manager offers a broad range of message processing capabilities at the network and service layers. It also offers as an extensive portfolio of routing capabilities.

• Network control for multiplay mobile, 4G, fixed, and IP support
• Online charging for voice, event, and data services
• Drag-and-drop service configuration
• Off-the-shelf service templates
• Open Web 2.0-based standards for integration
• Real-time and micro-segmented promotions
• Advanced customer self-care
• Glass wall separation for MVNE and MVNO support
• Revenue assurance functions
• Modular architecture
• Integration with Oracle Communications product portfolio