On gaining revenues in a 3G environment

Author

Pförtner, Thomas

Author_Institution

Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

6-9 May 2001

Firstpage

275

Lastpage

279

Abstract

3G networks promise a world of new applications. To make 3G a profitable business, these have to be billed. The classical billing process is in danger of collapse under the exploding load of tickets and log files to be processed. The IN based charging model, as currently used for pre-paid solutions, is much more efficient since it was designed for a real-time process. The article compares both processes with respect to projected developments in the communications market and user behaviour. It gives an outlook on what a unified billing process might look like and why it best fits to what the new world of mobile Internet is going to bring us

Keywords

cellular radio; commerce; economics; intelligent networks; invoicing; tariffs; 3G networks; IN based charging model; billing process; communications market; intelligent networks; log files; mobile Internet; pre-paid solutions; real-time process; revenue gains; tickets; unified billing process; user behaviour; 3G mobile communication; Biographies; Companies; Environmental management; Intelligent networks; Internet; Mobile communication; Next generation networking; Packet switching; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Network Workshop, 2001 IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7047-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INW.2001.915340

Filename

915340