02 — Capability · BC-1450
Usage Charging & Subscriber Billing
Turn network usage and subscribed services into accurate charges, balances and bills that subscribers understand, and settle what is owed between carriers. This is the communications-specific money path from usage record to bill, not general invoicing or corporate tax.
- BSS Billing
- Revenue Management
- Charging & Billing
- Rating & Billing
In scope
- Usage record collection and mediation from network elements
- Real-time and offline rating, charging and prepaid balances
- Convergent subscriber bills, presentment and bill inquiry
- Wholesale, interconnect and roaming settlement between carriers
Out of scope
- Generic customer invoicing and receivables (see BC-250)
- Corporate income and indirect tax strategy (see BC-240)
- Setting list prices and promotional offers (see BC-470)
- Collections and payment disputes after billing (see BC-250.30)
Decomposes into · 6
- BC-1450.10Usage Record MediationCollect raw usage events from every network and service platform, clean and enrich them, and hand complete, deduplicated records to rating without losing revenue along the way.
- BC-1450.20Rating & ChargingPrice each usage event against the subscriber's plan, authorize usage in real time where balances or limits apply, and keep allowances and prepaid balances correct to the moment.
- BC-1450.30Convergent Subscriber BillingProduce one correct bill per account across voice, data, video and bundles, applying recurring charges, discounts and mid-cycle changes so the total matches what the subscriber agreed to.
- BC-1450.40Bill Presentment & InquiryDeliver bills subscribers can read in the format they chose, show the usage behind each charge, and resolve billing questions quickly and consistently.
- BC-1450.50Intercarrier SettlementBill and pay other carriers correctly for traffic exchanged, roaming subscribers and wholesale services, and resolve differences before they age into write-offs.
- BC-1450.60Communications Taxes & SurchargesApply the taxes, regulatory fees and surcharges that attach to communications services to every bill line correctly by location and service type, and hand clean totals to tax for filing.