Roaming Settlement System

Aricent’s Roaming Settlement System (RSS) helps operators increase their revenues from roaming services by minimizing settlement com­plexity and maintaining subscriber and roaming partner satisfaction. The solution equips operators to reduce overall costs associated with roaming traffic. Compliant with the GSM Transferred Account Proce­dure (TAP) standards, the solution enables efficient traffic processing regardless of network type. It provides wholesale roaming settlement for roaming partners and home operators with simplified roaming business processes supporting complex call scenarios, settlement in different /standard Special Drawing Rights (SDR) currency, inter operator tariff check with bilateral agreement, Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange (NRTRDE) collection, and more.

Features

  1. Transferred Account Procedure (TAP) Processing – RSS supports processing of TAP (TD.57 GSMA standard) records from roaming partners for accurate charging
  2. Returned Account Procedure (RAP) Processing – RSS supports generation/validation of RAP (TD.32 GSMA standard) records from both home and roaming partners to generate correct TAP files for accurate charging
  3. Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange (NRTRDE) Support – The solution supports processing of NRTRDE (TD.35 GSMA standard) from both home and roaming partners. NRTRDRE dramatically reduces the roaming exchange time and makes it easier to spot and eliminate fraud
  4. Bilateral Agreement – RSS supports GSMA standards for bilateral agreement and currency conversion. It generates usage based invoices for the home operator based on the billing cycle in home currency as well as in SDR (Special Drawing Rights). SDR is the monetary unit of the reserve assets of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  5. Wholesale Rating and Inter Operating Tariff (IOT) – RSS provides robust rating, IOT check, and re-rating for TAP files resulting in error-free roaming charging and billing
  6. Roaming Traffic Data Exchange (RTDR) and High Usage Report (HUR) – RSS supports the GSMA standard for RTDR reports and HUR, minimizing revenue loss at the home operator’s end
  7. Comprehensive Web Based Reporting System – RSS allows operators to estimate/manage their revenues by providing easy-to-comprehend revenue summary and financial reports. The solution also facilitates daily and monthly revenue analysis, partner management, and the resolution of partner disputes

Benefits

  1. RSS brings control of the roaming settlement process in-house, resulting in high financial transparency
  2. Using RSS, service providers can offer data services on roaming partner networks, thus increasing revenue opportunities and maintaining subscriber relationships
  3. Minimizes potential revenue loss associated with pre-paid roaming
  4. Reduces operating costs and improves inter-operator invoicing and settlement
  5. Advance reporting and intelligence tools offer real-time information about potential fraud, facilitating proactive network management and support
  6. The high performance, scalable and flexible architecture provides operators with a robust platform for future growth and change

Selected Customer Case Studies

A Leading US Based Global Roaming Service Provider Processes Millions of CDRs with Aricent’s Roaming Settlement System – The service provider faced challenges in supporting multiple rate plans linked to multiple zones, integration with clearing house vendors, customer care systems and other back office systems, all while adhering to GSMA standards. Aricent’s Roaming Settlement System (RSS) was centrally deployed to cater to all roaming partners. Based on GSMA standards, the solution is independent of location/zone/currency and supports both prepaid and postpaid subscribers, processing millions of Call Detail Records (CDRs) per day.