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Prepaid Postpaid Convergent Charging
White Papers This is achieved with a two-layered architecture for Convergent Charging and Business Support; comprising a telecom specific Charging Control and an industry generic Business Horizontal. The simple segmentation of mobile subscribers into prepaid...
[January 11, 2007, 0:00]
A Flexible Time-Based Pricing Policy for Charging Internet Services
White Papers This paper discusses the applicability of the duration-based pricing scheme for charging Internet services that constantly occupy the resources. The integration of telecommunications and data networks enables Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to...
[October 19, 2007, 1:00]
O2 to start charging for 0845 calls
News O2 is to start charging for calls to non-geographic numbers, bringing it in line with other UK mobile operators. The operator, which is owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, had been the only network to include non-geographic calls, such as 0845 and...
[August 30, 2007, 10:09]
IP Multimedia Services Charging
White Papers This paper explains what IMS is, why it offers a more effective means of addressing these challenges, and demonstrates how the HP Convergent Charging solution successfully enables the evolution to IMS.
[February 23, 2009, 0:22]
Apple starts charging for formerly free software
News The trend toward charging for once-free software began when Apple started charging for .Mac in 2002. In an attempt to ease the shift, Apple is trying to offer more with the paid version of iLife than it did with the standalone applications, much as...
[January 9, 2004, 8:00]
Transaction Management for Sender/Receiver-Payment Schemes in Charging and Accounting Systems for Interconnected Networks
White Papers The new system provides more flexibility than existing charging schemes. This paper presents an Internet transaction management system for sender/receiver payment schemes. This system allows an arbitrary split of transaction charges between two...
[April 20, 2005, 3:00]
A Business Model for Charging and Accounting of Internet Services
White Papers Since bandwidth is and will remain a scarce network resource in the future, the demand for charging and accounting mechanisms for the Internet arose. Besides from the implementation of charging and accounting mechanisms for Internet services, it is...
[August 25, 2004, 10:33]
IT Cost Charging Challenges
White Papers The idea behind charging IT costs to end-users is to create awareness within all parties involved. When charging IT costs to other organization units, it means that these units have budgets for IT costs.
[April 3, 2004, 0:00]
HP Convergent Charging Approach for Adaptive Billing
White Papers As the communications landscape continues its tumultuous evolution, service providers (SPs) are recognizing the critical need to implement a robust and flexible convergent charging component within a consolidated business support system (BSS).
[February 24, 2005, 2:00]
Content Mediation and Charging for Next Generation Networks
White Papers HP is developing a range of solutions that can be used to implement the content and event charging functionality of 3G services. To ease the implementation and development of such solutions, HP has defined the Content Mediation and Charging (CMC...
[March 22, 2005, 2:00]
Engineers discover key to quick-charging batteries
News The researchers believe the quick-charging batteries could open up new applications, including better batteries for electric cars. US engineers have found a way to make lithium batteries that are smaller, lighter, longer lasting and capable of...
[March 12, 2009, 16:33]
Evolution of Charging and Billing Models for GSM and Future Mobile Internet Services
White Papers The methods for collecting the charging and billing information and charging models for processing this data into subscriber bills are discussed. A selection of proposed Internet charging models are applied to the mobile network market and their...
[November 10, 2005, 0:00]
Content Charging and Revenue Chain Management
White Papers Deployed on Intel architecture and Hewlett-Packard hardware, Oracle technology combines with Am-Beo's rate-rec product to provide a complete content charging and revenue chain management solution. The solution includes best of breed service...
[October 6, 2006, 1:00]
Vodafone considers charging for mobile spam
News Mobile network operator Vodafone is considering charging business customers for sending multimedia messages in an attempt to prevent its mobile messaging systems becoming clogged up with unsolicited junk mail.
[June 7, 2004, 17:50]
Leading GSM Operator SONOFON Joins Forces With Intec Dynamic Charging Platform to Support Its Next Generation IP Services
White Papers With the installation of Intec Dynamic Charging Platform (DCP), the world's leading carrier-grade platform for real-time charging and control of IP services, these business requirements are seamlessly achieved, helping SONOFON unlock its revenue...
[November 29, 2004, 23:00]
Vodafone considers charging for mobile spam
Talkback Spam is accelerating at such a fast pace that this is probably a good solution for Vodafone to implement.
[June 7, 2004, 19:46]
Safety of fast-charging batteries
Talkback I've got some 15 miniute NiMH batteries, which come with a very beefy charger that has a fan capable of floating an elephant in a tutu. They work fine: I understand (but have never checked! that they've got current limiters and fuses built-in.
[May 22, 2009, 11:17]
Charging and Mobility Within the IMS
White Papers Today, successful service strategies require collaboration and alignment among subscribers, service providers, and technology suppliers. With control shifting more into the hands of the users, the way in which services must be delivered is dictated...
[January 5, 2006, 23:00]
Will congestion charging boost teleworking?
News There are signs that London's impending congestion charge, being keenly watched by other cities that would like to bring in similar schemes, could alter the way we do business. Some high-tech companies -- who admittedly have a vested interest...
[February 11, 2003, 12:10]
Juniper charging hard into Cisco's turf
News A recent study shows that Juniper Networks continues to claim more of Cisco Systems' market for high-end routers. Research by the Dell'Oro Group indicates that Juniper grabbed 38 percent of the $753m (£525.9m) market in the first quarter of 2001...
[May 17, 2001, 9:17]
