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Alcatel-Lucent 8610 ICCI N S T A N T C O N V E R G E N T C H A R G I N G S U I T E

The Alcatel-Lucent 8610 Instant Convergent Charging (ICC) Suite is the key component o the Alcatel-Lucent

Convergent Payment solution. Deployed in over 200 service providers and serving an estimated 400 million

subscribers, the Convergent Payment solution is proven, industry-leading and highly confgurable.

TheAlcatel-Lucent8610ICCSuite

providesacentralizedrating,charging

andmediationcapabilitytosimultane-

ouslysupportuniquetariffplansfor:

• Wirelessandwirelinenetworks,

including2G,2.5G,3G,IMS,NGN,

CDMA,GSMandPSTN

• Voice,SMS,data,video,content/ 

commerceservices

• Prepaid,postpaidandhybridaccounts

Theseplanshelpserviceprovidersto

maximizetheavailableyieldfromtheir

subscriberbase.

TheAlcatel-Lucent8610ICCSuiteand

itsassociatedConvergentRating

Engineenableserviceproviderstobe

extremelyexible.Throughitsunique

drag-and-dropdecisiontree-based

graphicaluserinterface(GUI),service

providersarequicklyabletomixand

matchtariffplanswithproducts,bundles,

discounts,promotionsandtelcousage-

basedloyaltyplans.Tariffplanscanbe

deployedinaslittleasafewdays,provi-

dingimmediateresponsivenessto

competitors.Thesetariffplanscanbe

amixtureofprepaid/postpaid

wireless,wireline,personaland

businessservices.Forexample,a

subscribermaybetheprimeona

postpaidfamilyaccount,whiletheir

childrenareonaprepaidprogramon

thesameaccount.

Inaddition,theAlcatel-Lucent8610

ICCConvergentRatingEngine(CRE)

integratesaexibleon-lineservice

creationenvironment.Providing

additionaladvancedconguration

capabilitiestoimproveservicedeploy-menttime,theCREallowsservice

behaviorcustomizationwithout

softwarerecompilation.

Congurationisalsomadeeasierwith

theproductcatalogfeature,which

allowsserviceproviderstoselectthe

individualserviceproductsandbundles

thatwillbeincorporatedintoaunique

tariffplan.

TheAlcatel-Lucent8610ICCSuitealsosupportsafullrangeof“community

capabilities”,enablingservicesconcepts

suchas“Payforme”,closedusergroups,

friendsandfamilyandadvanced

communities,targetingchurnreduction

andefcientmarketsegmentation.

Deployedonindustry-standardIT-based

platforms,theAlcatel-Lucent8610ICC

Suiteeasilyintegrateswithwireless

andxednetworksthroughIP-based

infrastructureaswellasmoretradi-

tionalIN-basednetworks.

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Features

• Pre-andpost-paidconvergence

¬Asinglesolutiontosimultane-

ouslysupportreal-timeratingand

chargingprepaid/postpaidtariff

plansacrossmultiplenetworks

• Convergentratingengine

¬DesigntreeGUIsupportsdrag-

and-dropofmultipletariffplans,

includingtheabilitytomix-and-

matchvoiceanddatatariffsto

supporthyper-marketexibility

basedontimeofdayorweek,

usage,discounts,promotions,

sessions,eventsandcontent

¬ Pricingcenter’suser-friendly

GUIsimpliesmanagementof

productcatalogandcommercial

offers,allowingaccesstotheentire

productcatalogthroughagraphi-

caldisplayofentitieswithcopy/ 

pasteanddrag/dropfacilitiesand

abetterviewofcommercialoffers

priortolaunchingthem,thanksto

versioncontrol

• Centralizedproductcatalog

¬Directoryofproductsthatareused

bytheConvergentRatingEngine

• Communities

¬Enables“friendsandfamily”

and/orenterprise-basedcommu-

nityratingprograms

• Real-timeloyaltymanagement

¬Allowsmultipleusagecounters

andthresholdstocreatenew,exible,

segment-basedloyaltyplansto

reducechurn

• Fullmobilevirtualnetworkoperator

(MVNO)andmobilevirtualnetwork

enabler(MVNE)support

¬ Enablesuniquebrands,brand

protection

¬ SupportsmultipleMVNO/MVNE

“tenants”

• Centralizedtop-upengine

¬ Flexiblymanagesallsourcesof

top-upandassociatedadvanced

bonusprograms,includingscratchcards,creditcards,ATMandpoint-

of-salerechargeoptions

• Real-timeaccessandmanagementof

userprole/dataviamultiplechannels

¬ IVR,USSD,Webselfcare

• SmoothintegrationwithAlcatel-

LucentVASportfolioforadvanced

chargingsuchas:

¬VPNandWPBXadvancedcharg-

ing,ringbacktone,videomail,

mobileTV

• Modulararchitecture

¬ Separationofcallcontrolcompo-

nentssuchasvoice,SMS,data,

IMSfromreal-timeconvergent

ratingandchargingengine

¬Managesfeaturegrowthbased

onoperationalstrategy,includ-

ingSMSCharging,Online/Ofine

Charging,WebCustomerCare/ 

WebSelfCare,Over-The-Air-

Recharge/VoucherManagement,

USSDCallBack

¬Highlyscalabletosupportthe

smallesttolargestofnetworks,

with99.999%availability

¬Geographicallydistributableto

supportdisasterrecovery/disaster

avoidancedeploymentoptions

• MultipleAPIs

¬ Easeofintegrationwiththird-partyITandnetworkelements

¬ Basedonhigh-levelbusinesspro-

cessesforcustomerprovisioning

¬BasedonJava™andwebservices

technologies

Figure 1. Alcatel-Lucent 8610 ICC modular software suite

StorageEngine

VoucherManager

ResellerManager

User SelfCare

Consult, Update

Top Up

Capture History

RatingEngine

BalanceManager

PromotionEngine

CRM

OSS/BSS

ERP

ProductCatalog

NotificationManager

Legacyvoice

IMS-GW

IMS/NGN/IPsession

Event, data,content

Office eventgenerators

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   b  r  o  a   d   b  a  n   d

   W   i  r  e   l  e  s  s

   C  o  n  v  e  r  g  e   d

   A   P   I  s   i  n   t  e  g  r  a   t  e  w   i   t   h  c  r   i   t   i  c  a   l   b  u  s   i  n  e  s  s  s  y

  s   t  e  m  s

   M  e   d   i  a   t   i  o  n

IT platform

Seamlessintegration

Drag-and-dropcreation of offers

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Pre-integratedcomplementary products

• 8611UsageControl

¬ supportspersonalized,end-user

controlofserviceconsumption

• 8614InstantZone

¬ Supportsuniqueratingschemes

whenamobileuseriswithina

speciczoneorzones(home

zone/ofcezone/campuszone)

¬Offersdynamicincentivetoopti-

mizenetworkusage(YieldZone)

• 8615InstantEnhancedCharging

Collectionfunction

¬OfineCDRcollectionformultiple

applicationsinanIMSandnon-IMS

network;easilyintegrateswith

billingsystems

Benefts

• Simultaneouslyoffersprepaid,

postpaidandhybridreal-timerating

andchargingservicepackagesfor

voice(circuitandVoIP),data,video,

packet,session,events,contentand

e-Commerce

• Supportsmultiplenetworks,includ-

ingCDMA,GSM/GPRS/UMTS,IMS

andwireline

• Enablescreationanddeployment

ofinnovativecommercialoffersand

attractivetariffschemestofurther

expandexistingrevenuestreamstai-

loredtoindividualmarketsegments

• Enablescostcontrolsforprepaid/post-

paidsubscriberstoreducebaddebt

• Enablescustomizedloyaltyprograms

toreducechurnandincreaseaver-agerevenueperuser(ARPU)

• Enablesfastertime-to-marketfor

newrevenue-generatingservices

targetedformultiplenetworks,

marketsanddomains

• Reducesoperationalcostsbysup-

portingtheconsolidationofmul-

tipleratingandchargingengines

intoasingleconvergentratingand

chargingsolution

Technical specifcations

• Voice/TDM integration

¬ INAP

¬ CAP (1/2 for voice,/3 for SMS)

¬ MAP (V2, V3)

¬ WIN

¬ ANSI-41

• IP Data integration

¬ CAP 3

¬ Diameter

¬ HTTP/XML

¬ SOAP

¬ SIP (VoIP)

¬ SMPP

¬ SIGTRAN

• OSS /BSS integration

¬ SOAP/WEB services

¬ FTP

¬ SNMP

• IT-based hardware and middle-ware platform

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