Openet Customer case study guide

Delivering Real-Time Transaction Management Software to the World’s Leading Operators Customer Case Studies

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Increase Revenue by Offering Fixed Mobile Convergent Offers & Controls 18 Data Roaming Service Passes 19 Advanced Service Tiers and Application Management 20 Real-Time Controls and Managing Bill Shock 21 Optimizing Network Experience with Flexible Fair Usage 22 LTE and Content Partnerships: Delivering Network Optimization 23 Preventing Spam Attacks and Bill Shock 24

Data Roaming Management 13 Shared Data Bundles – Innovative Offers Enabled by Real-Time Charging 14 Real-Time Charging Controls for all Customers: Real-Time Adjunct Billing 15 Launch and Monetize 4G Network for Converged Voice and Data Services 16

Driving Up Data ARPU with Innovative LTE Offers 5 Delivering Personalized Mobile Data Services 6 Winning Market Share with Innovative Product Development 7 Optimize Mobile Video to Drive Data Adoption 8 Increasing Data Usage Adoption and Managing Network QoS 9 Fast Time to Market with Content Centric Bundles 10 Tiered Services, Innovative Upselling and Product Development 11

North American Mobile Operator European Operator African Fixed / Mobile Operator Central European Mobile Operator Asian Mobile Operator Central European Mobile Operator Asian Fixed Line Operator

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Evolved Experience North African Mobile Operator North American Cable and Multi-Play Operator North American Mobile Operator

Evolved Policy Management South American Fixed Mobile Convergent Operator Middle East Operator Western European Mobile Operator Orange France Asian Mobile Operator North American Mobile Operator Telekom Austria Group

Evolved Charging A1 Telekom Austria Canadian Mobile Operator Meteor Asian Mobile Operator

Enabling Self-Care with Real-Time Data for Upselling, Marketing & Bill Shock Controls 26 M2M Mediation & Data Management: Cable TV Audience & Engagement Measurement 27 Controlling ‘Chatty Apps’ Signaling Storm 28

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Openet’s customers include:

Introduction Many of the world’s leading telecoms operators work with Openet to provide the foundation on which to monetize their services, maximize the value of network resources, and gain deeper subscriber and network insights. This enables them to deliver a superior personalized experience to their customers.

Openet delivers Real-Time Transaction Management Software to Tier 1 operators, helping them to turn innovation into profit. In this document, you will find sample case studies from some of our customers; covering evolved policy and charging controls (PCC), evolved charging, next generation policy management, and how operators are using Openet’s Real-Time Transaction Management Software to deliver an evolved experience to their customers. These studies cover a wide range of cases, which includes driving up data ARPU with innovative LTE offers in North America, implementing content led offers that use policy control to provide QoS in Europe, providing optimum network experience in Asia, and enabling fixed mobile convergence in South America.

The case studies in this document provide an insight into how leading operators are using Openet products as strategic solutions to deliver the foundation for innovation and growth.

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Evolved PCC Integrated policy and charging control (PCC) provides the foundation for operators to fully monetize and control their networks, thus maximising their return on network investment and catering for new business models. Evolved PCC takes policy and charging to the next level by providing the use cases, flexibility, and scalabilty required by leading operators.

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North American Mobile OperatorWith over 100 million customers, this Tier 1 mobile operator is one of the largest mobile operators in the world. It has continually been at the forefront of innovation in telecommunications, and this is typified by their network investment in, and roll out of, LTE. This operator has consistently provided an excellent mobile data experience for their customers which is reflected by the operator’s continued growth in wireless data ARPU.

Solution:Openet supplied Evolved Charging, Balance Manager, Mediation, and Policy Manager to this leading operator. These products monetize and control 3G, 4G and LTE data services. In addition to this, Openet also collects voice CDRs from the network for charging and billing.

Openet products manage a wide range of mobile data capabilities including:

yy Real-time collection, and charging of mobile data from a range of network equipment vendors including Ciscoyy Management of usage and volume tiersyy Notifications to manage bill shock, real-time usage, and spend notificationsyy Controls for parental and usage controls, fair usage

Openet’s products have continually delivered real-time performance regardless of traffic volume and are integrated with Cisco and Ericsson equipment as well as a wide range of network and IT solutions including back office billing platforms such as Amdocs. Openet collects data traffic in real-time, and passes rated postpaid usage records to the billing system, enabling post-paid customers to benefit from the real-time capabilities of Openet’s products.

ResultsHaving Openet technology in place enabled this operator to provide, control and monetize innovative LTE services and achieve a fast time to market. This enables the operator to quickly respond to market and customer advances and provide a rich customer experience that delivers what customers want.

Source of Market Data: Company Report

Driving Up Data ARPU with Innovative LTE Offers

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European Operator A leading European operator with more than 35M subscribers, wanted to deliver the best 3G experience to their customers. This would ensure a high level of customer satisfaction which would result in faster 3G adoption and increased customer usage. The ability to deliver personalized data services was key, and in particular the ability to offer flexible billing and charging capabilities

SolutionOpenet supplied their Evolved Charging and Policy Manager products to this operator. They integrated their Policy Management product with a multi-vendor solution to enable a sophisticated PCC system offering:

yy Content-aware billing, filtering, management, and analysis in a highly scalable, fault-tolerant packageyy Introduction of intelligence into the network to enable the real-time packet inspection, rating and billing of individual

customers’ mobile data usageyy Delivery and charging for pre- and post-paid data and next-generation servicesyy Real-time subscriber control through policy management across the entire 3G data infrastructureyy Roaming bill shock avoidance

yy Parental control / Safe Internet Enablement conforming to regulatory requirements

In addition to integrating with Cisco equipment Openet products demonstrated a high degree of interoperability by integrating with other solutions from vendors such as Huawei and Ericsson.

ResultsOpenet’s products enable this operator to deliver personalized mobile data services to its customers. This includes the ability to provide subscribers with several billing options: by application used, for combined services or by data bandwidth consumed as well as time based services. This helps this operator to maximize profitability from data services. With over 35 million subscribers, this operator is ideally positioned to take full advantage of the opportunities mobile data is presenting by building on their capability to deliver personalized data services through Openet’s PCC products.

Source of Market Data: Operator’s Q3 2012 results

Delivering Personalized Mobile Data Services

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African Fixed / Mobile Operator One of Africa’s largest fixed line operators launched a new mobile network in order to take advantage of the growth opportunities in mobile, and also to enable the operator to provide a FMC offering. The first opportunity was to launch the new mobile operator and win market share through developing differentiated offers, and then keep and grow the customers by providing innovative services that will generate loyalty.

Solution: Openet supplied their Policy Manager and Evolved Charging products. With these products the operator can help realize the market opportunity by:

yy Providing innovative packages and bundlesyy Building a platform which is capable of launching FMC bundlesyy Maximizing ROI: have the ability to monetize services from day 1yy Integrating real-time charging for all services with controls—e.g. parental control for internet usage, spend and usage

controls for pre-paidyy Enabling rapid creation of new offers—e.g. mobile data pricing tiers by usage and time of day, bundled fixed/mobile offers

to existing fixed line customers

Openet integrated their solutions with a range of Huawei network platforms for voice, data and messaging services as well as back office systems, such as the Amdocs billing system, where Openet collects and rates real-time traffic and can pass it back to Amdocs for traditional batch based billing.

ResultsWithin one month of launch the mobile operator gained almost 200,000 new customers and by one year subscribers had passed the 1,000,000 mark. The rapid roll out of new services was enabled by the design flexibility of Openet’s products enabling the operator to realise an accelerated return on investment.

Winning Market Share with Innovative Product Development

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Central European Mobile OperatorMobile video is the highest growth area in mobile data. It is also one of the costliest applications to deliver. This leading mobile operator wanted the optimum balance between cost effective delivery of mobile video, providing the best network experience for customers, and providing the conditions to maximize profitability from mobile video. This Tier 1 operator, with over 14.7M mobile subscribers provides a mobile TV service to meet their subscribers’ growing appetite for wireless video content. The operator is part of one of the world’s leading mobile groups and the quality of mobile video delivered needs to be of the consistent high quality that the group’s brand demands, while at the same time controlling costs.

SolutionOpenet already supplied their Policy Manager, Evolved Charging, and Mediation systems to this operator. These systems were extended and integrated with a Mobile Internet Gateway to deliver the Openet Intelligent Video Management Solution thereby enabling the operator to provide the following capabilities:

yy Video optimization: cost effectively deliver best mobile video experience for customers to maximise revenue opportunityyy Content controls: blacklist sites/content based on subscriber profile and provide parental controlsyy Redirection: automatically redirects customers to website for sales/self-care

Openet integrated their solutions with Cisco and Lucent network and IT platforms as well as range of B/OSS applications.

ResultsIntelligent Video Management enables this operator to reduce costs by reducing the bandwidth capacity required to deliver video. Being able to cost effectively deliver high quality mobile video enables the operator to build on their network investment as a marketing asset, highlighting network speed and reliability. The redirection capability also reduces the number of calls to customer care and also provides a direct, personalized sales tool, as well as reducing opex.

Source of Market Data: Group Q3 2012 results

Optimize Mobile Video to Drive Data Adoption

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Asian Mobile OperatorThis leading mobile operator launched their mobile network in 2008. As a new entrant in a highly competitive and saturated market, the operator needed to be innovative to win and retain new subscribers, while at the same time protecting their network investment.

SolutionOpenet supplied their Evolved Charging, Network Edge Rating, and Policy Manager products to enable the operator to:

yy Provide flexible, real-time charging, rating, and policy management with quality of service controlsyy Deliver pre-paid and post-paid convergent services—e.g. real-time data spend controls/notifications for pre- and post-paid

subscribersyy Offer innovative services that attract new subscribers and encourage usage, secure in the knowledge that policy controls

will ensure the network is not abused

Openet integrated their solutions with Huawei network equipment and IT platforms and provide the speed and flexibility required by one of Asia’s fastest growing mobile operators.

ResultsThis company is the fastest growing operator in one of the most populous countries in the world. Launching in 2008, by 2011 the operator had over 17M subscribers. The operator was able to enjoy this growth by providing innovative tariffs and services to win new customers (e.g. free access for facebook) which differentiate over competitors. However, in order to ensure network optimization and the best network experience for subscribers, the operator delivers mobile data fair usage and differing QoS to protect network investment and enable superior customer network experience.

Increasing Data Usage Adoption and Managing Network QoS

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Central European Mobile OperatorIn order to stimulate adoption and usage of mobile multimedia this operator wanted to deliver a better content experience for all their customers. Key to this was the need to develop value based data and content bundles that would attract and educate customers on the real benefits of mobile data and content. In order to deliver these value based offers it was important that the operator had flexibility in pricing, packaging and charging of content to offer value based models that can be tailored quickly and easily.

SolutionOpenet supplied a fully integrated PCC solution, comprising Openet’s evolved charging, network edge rating, policy manager and convergent mediation products to enable this operator to:

yy Quickly develop and launch flexible content and data bundlesyy Offer different controls as part of marketing offers – e.g. deliver different QoS controls per serviceyy Provide flexible rating and usage policies, and bundle content with packagesyy Provide real-time usage reporting to achieve EU data roaming legislation complianceyy Provide value based content offers to all customers – Openet PCC solution passes real-time data records to existing post-

pay billing systems

ResultsThis operator offers over 40 separate data bundles with fair usage policies, premium content entitlements (Mobile TV, Music) & url/application zero rating. By offering such a wide range of content and data offers, the operator can provide a much more segmented approach to marketing and deliver customer value. The architecture of Openet’s solution also supports rapid development of new offers, which enables very fast time to market, which is essential with content services.

Fast Time to Market with Content Centric Bundles

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Asian Fixed Line OperatorThis Asian operator has over 6M customers and is rolling out high speed broadband services nationwide. In order to increase broadband adoption and stimulate usage, this operator needed to provide flexible usage based products that would deliver choice and flexibility for all customers. As well as increasing broadband usage, this operator needed controls in place to protect network investment and optimize return on investment.

SolutionOpenet supplied Policy Manager and Evolved Charging products, enabling this operator to:

yy Offer volume and speed tiered offers for broadband servicesyy Offer flexible upsell services when quota is reached – e.g. volume on demand, bandwidth on demand – with configurable

speed and volume optionsyy Provide innovative product development – e.g. application user management (development of application based offers –

such as social networking offers, video offers, etc)yy Implement fair usage policy

ResultsOffering speed and volume based tiered services with real-time quota management has enabled this operator to offer attractive broadband offers to all segments in their consumer and enterprise sections. This enables the customer to keep control over their spend and also provides flexible add-ons to be purchased – e.g. additional data, or speed boosts for a given time.

Tiered Services, Innovative Upselling and Product Development

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Evolved Charging Enabling operators to move to real-time charging, rating, and billing models to create next generation billing, payment, and promotion models without the need to write off existing billing infrastructure. Evolved charging provides the foundation for operators to generate increased revenues and monetize new business models.

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A1 Telekom AustriaIn July 2010, the European Union passed legislation that required mobile operators to implement bill shock measures for data roaming in Europe. As the leading telecommunications operator in Austria with over 5.3 million mobile subscribers and almost 40% market share, A1 Telekom Austria wanted to comply with this legislation and avoid bill shock for its customers. Meeting this legislation required that data usage and spend are tracked in real-time, and notifications sent to customers when they reach 80% of a pre-defined limit.

SolutionOpenet supplied Evolved Charging and Network Edge Rating products, enabling A1 Telekom Austria to:

yy Meet EU Data Roaming Regulations by improving transparency of customer data and roaming costs to avoid bill shockyy Manage roaming data usage in real-time for subscribers, and enforce data volume or monetary capsyy Notify its subscribers when pre-defined thresholds have been met, & offer the option to extend their usage beyond the cap

Openet integrated their solutions with Nortel and Cisco/Starent network equipment, and billing systems, including Amdocs. As bill shock measures need to be real-time, Openet collects and rates data usage and makes the records available in real-time. This results in significant savings as the billing systems don’t need expensive additions built to enable them to cater for real-time applications such as bill shock controls.

ResultsUsing Openet’s Evolved Charging and Network Edge Rating products, A1 Telekom Austria was able to meet the EU data roaming regulations well in advance of the regulatory deadline. The real-time capabilities gave A1 Telekom Austria the competitive edge to manage data balances, trigger notifications, and provide subscribers with maximum flexibility when roaming in the EU.

Source of Market Data: Telekom Austria Group Q3 2012 report

Data Roaming Management

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Canadian Mobile OperatorThis Tier 1 Canadian mobile operator has increased data usage by offering innovative offers that attract new data subscribers and encourage usage on their 3G, 4G and LTE networks. As an example of delivering innovative offers, this operator was one of the first in the world to offer multi-device shared data bundles. The operator’s approach to making it easy and compelling for customers to use the high-speed data, new applications and new devices is resulting in growth in profitability, revenues and ARPU.

SolutionOpenet supplied Evolved Charging, Network Edge Rating, & Balance Manager, enabling this leading operator to:

yy Develop innovative data plans and bundlesyy Provide in-app charging/billing for third-party content and app providersyy Provide convergent real-time charging—pre and post-paid convergence for data and value-added services

yy Provide content ‘gifting’—e.g. a subscriber can buy content and gift to another subscriber

Openet integrated their solutions with Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent equipment and platforms to enable real-time collection of usage. With over 7 million subscribers, this operator requires Openet’s solutions to deliver the real-time performance needed to succeed. With a subscriber base that is predominately post-paid, it was important that these customers could benefit from the real-time capabilities and flexibility of Openet’s charging and rating product. By collecting and rating data traffic in real-time, Openet’s charging platform can pass rated data usage back to the billing platform (Amdocs), delivering real-time capabilities to traditional post-paid customers, while enabling the operators to protect their existing billing investment.

ResultsIncreasing data usage and an improved customer experience has enabled the operator to outperform all of their competitors and increase their market and revenue share. The operator is enjoying wireless EDITDA growth of over 15%, increase in post-paid net activations of over 17%, over 4% ARPU growth and a data revenue growth of almost 30%. These figures underline how innovative data services that deliver real value to customers can add a significant impact to the bottom line.

Operator’s Q3 2012 Results

Shared Data Bundles – Innovative Offers Enabled by Real-Time Charging

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MeteorIrish mobile operator Meteor sees mobile data pricing as key to providing attractive and innovative offers. As such, they needed to provide flexible pricing and promotion models to meet consumer demand for their data products and services, and provide the best possible wireless experience for their customers.

SolutionOpenet supplied their Evolved Charging and Network Edge Rating products in order to enable Meteor to:

yy Provide sophisticated charging and pricing plans in order to offer attractive pricing options that encourage data usage and spendyy Provide more control, such as customer spending limits, and enable compliance with EU data roaming bill shock

legislationyy Provide subscription based options, day passes, and data bundles

yy Consolidate post-paid and pre-paid data charging transactions on a single platform

Openet integrated their solutions with Cisco and Ericsson network equipment and platforms, as well as several downstream B/OSS platforms including the Single View billing system from CSG International. By integrating with the billing system, Openet provides data traffic, collected and rated in real-time, to billing, thus enabling post-paid customers to benefit from real-time use cases, such as bill shock notifications.

Results Since implementing Openet’s Convergent Charging and Network Edge Rating products, Meteor has enjoyed significant data growth, by having the systems in place to provide flexible pricing and promotion models. Meteor is also using the systems to comply with the EU data roaming legislation. With this infrastructure in place, Meteor is able to comply with the roaming regulations and also has the necessary tools in place to meet the growing data demands of its subscribers.

Real-Time Charging Controls for all Customers: Real-Time Adjunct Billing

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Asian Mobile OperatorThis Asian operator launched a 4G WiMAX network to provide converged 4G mobile internet and voice services, and was one of the first operators in the world to offer hi-def voice calls on a mobile internet network. Providing converged voice and data, pre- and post-paid services, allowed this operator to create compelling, differentiated offerings, such as mobile internet and voice, together in a seamless plan. This is necessary to attract and retain customers in a high churn market. The challenge was how to monetize these offers using a single charging system, and provide the flexibility required to roll out new charging models in response to customer and market advances.

SolutionOpenet supplied Evolved Charging and Mediation products, enabling the operator to:

yy Provide proven real-time, flexible charging and transaction managementyy Authorize usage based on accurate, timely charging data, which minimizes fraudyy Support complex charging models, various payment methods, and cross service pricingyy Support all services from one single platform, including pre- and post-paid services

Openet collects real-time usage data from Cisco equipment and also integrates with a range of B/OSS platforms from vendors including Oracle.

ResultsBy implementing Openet’s Evolved Charging and Mediation products, the operator is ready to rapidly launch new WiMAX services, now and in the future. This includes the ability to develop complex business models fast, and to develop flexible plans to meet market advances. Also by providing a fully convergent solution on a single system, the operator can enjoy significant OpEx reductions. The operator also realizes other cost benefits by preventing sources of revenue leakage and fraud through stringent, real-time event processing and charging.

Launch and Monetize 4G Network for Converged Voice and Data Services

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Evolved Policy ManagementOpenet enables operators to dynamically assert control over their networks and content by governing access to resources based on subscriber and session-awareness.

As well as providing cost controls Policy is now used as a market enabler and fundamental in development of new tiered and offer based packages and bundles.

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South American Fixed Mobile Convergent OperatorOperating in a highly competitive market, this operator focuses on delivering a one-stop shop for telecommunications services. In order to supply customers with the services they want, this convergent operator needs to continually develop and supply innovative offers. Many of the operator’s customers are 3G and ADSL users, as well as pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. To meet the demands of such customers, the operator needed to provide innovative FMC offers. The operator wanted to provide convergent financial control and to provide customer specific convergent offers that provide flexibility and personalization for FMC products.

SolutionOpenet supplied Policy Manager and Balance Manager to enable the operator to provide:

yy Convergent quota and balance management across fixed and mobile broadband—e.g. usage quotasyy Flexible quota management (controls based on volume, connection time and events, manage which events are in/out of

quota)yy Promotions management based on customer and/or network intelligenceyy Convergent policy management across fixed and mobileyy Real-time post-paid balance management—provides real-time capabilities for post-paid fixed and mobile customers—e.g.

alerts at 90% and 100% of quota consumption

Openet integrated their solutions with Cisco network equipment for fixed and mobile services to enable the delivery of fully integrated FMC, and supply data records in real-time to the Kenan billing system supplied by Comverse.

ResultsThe operator has been able to deploy innovative, differentiated, convergent offers and bundles to win new customers and increase customer spend. As a result the operator is winning high value customers, which is reflected by the fact that the ARPU of this operator is twice the national average for their market.

Increase Revenue by Offering Fixed Mobile Convergent Offers & Controls



Middle East OperatorThis leading mobile operator in the Middle East builds it success on three strategic pillars: offering innovative services, providing excellent network quality, and delivering outstanding customer service. An example of this innovative strategy in action is this operator’s solution to improve the data roaming experience for its customers. Recognizing that many customers don’t use data roaming due to uncertainty about costs, this operator worked with Openet to utilize their Openet PCC solution to deliver data roaming service passes which would provide peace of mind for their customers and increase data roaming revenues for the operator. In addition to the opportunity presented by data roaming, this operator also wanted to optimize network capacity to ensure the best network experience for all its customers.

SolutionOpenet supplied their Policy Manager and Evolved Charging products to enable this operator to:

yy Implement data roaming services passes to enable subscribers to activate roaming-specific data packages when travelingyy Provide pre-purchased roaming service passes and ‘pay as you go’ passesyy Implement and control fair usage policies that ensure that excessive bandwidth usage generates incremental revenueyy Integrated with Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks, and Ericsson solutions, Openet provides a platform for growth for

this operator.

ResultsThe Openet PCC solution supported the timely launch of 40 new data roaming packages, offering rich subscriber choice that improved customer experience and increased data roaming revenues by over 35 percent.

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Western European Mobile OperatorThis Tier 1 mobile operator with over 5M subscribers, wanted to increase the usage of mobile broadband by delivering a better network customer experience in real-time. They aimed to achieve this by putting specific controls in place to enable plans which could shape data usage and ease network congestion through the use of advanced service tiers.

SolutionOpenet supplied Policy Manager in order to enable the operator to:

yy Shape and control the data traffic from subscribers during data sessions on the operator’s 3G networkyy Create multiple data plans targeted at user needs and usage behavior by enabling application restrictions by plan – e.g. if a

customer wants to use OTT VoIP services then they need to use the right planyy Provide real-time notifications, to ensure costs are clear and minimize bill shockyy Enforce EU roaming bill-shock legislationyy Provide fair usage subscriber reports

Integrating with platforms from Starent and Lucent, Openet’s systems have the level of interoperability to enable additional network equipment to be easily integrated, thus allowing smooth transition to cater for any new network equipment when required.

ResultsIncreasing data usage and an improved customer experience has enabled this operator to out-perform all their competitors and increase their market and revenue share. The operator has implemented several new usage based data plans and provides a range of plans targeted at different market segments providing more choice for customers. This is paying dividends as the operator reported an increase of 26% in data revenue in the first half of 2012. As well as generating additional revenue, the operator has been able to better optimize network capacity through the enforcement of fair usage terms & conditions. They have also improved traffic management and been able to comply with bill shock legislation.

Source of Market Data: Group’s 2H 2012 results, 2011 Annual Report

Advanced Service Tiers and Application Management



Orange FranceOrange France wanted to deliver better network resources and cater for new business models in order to deliver the optimum customer experience for mobile data and to extract maximum value from the network. In addition to this, EU data roaming bill shock legislation required Orange to set real-time controls and notifications to reduce bill shock.

SolutionOpenet supplied Policy Manager, Evolved Charging and Mediation products to Orange France. Uses of Policy Manager include:

yy Meet EU roaming regulations and ensure that data roaming bill shock is minimizedyy Identify ‘tethering’ where a mobile SIM is being used as modem for a PC or laptop which is in breach of terms and

conditions of the low end price plan

yy Provide real-time traffic management for real-time decision based routing of traffic to value added systems

Openet integrated their solutions with Cisco network equipment for the collection of mobile data usage, and also with a range of downstream systems which were enhanced with the delivery of real-time mobile data usage. With over 26 million subscribers and data revenues representing almost 37% of ARPU, Openet products deliver the performance that Orange France needs to support the growth in mobile data services.

ResultsWith these solutions, Orange is compliant with EU legislation on bill shock, which delivers a better experience for their data roaming customers and ensures no surprises. In addition to this, the tethering detection ability enables Orange to enforce the terms and conditions of their price plans and reduce revenue loss. Orange France is also able to realize significant OpEx (operating expenditure) savings through smart routing of traffic ensuring a foundation for cost effective performance for downstream systems that utilize the data supplied by Openet.

Orange Group’s Operational KPIs Q3 2011 report

Real-time Controls and Managing Bill Shock



Asian Mobile OperatorWith almost 30M mobile customers, this leading operator is the fastest growing mobile provider in their operating country. Providing 3G (WCDMA) and LTE services, this operator has a strong goal to deliver ‘network satisfaction’ and become the number one mobile internet company in Asia. The operator has a long-term commitment to customer service, and describes network satisfaction as speed x connectivity. In order to deliver on their goal of network satisfaction, the operator needed to optimize mobile data network performance for all subscribers, and at the same time control network costs.

SolutionOpenet supplied their Policy Manager product in order to enable the operator to:

yy Enforce fair usage by throttling back network speed when customers reach their data capsyy Offer flexibility in speed throttling—e.g. heavy user with large corporate client may have speed throttled back to ‘standard’

but private user may see speed throttled back to ‘slow’

yy Control network costs and deliver best network experience for all customers

Openet Policy Manager is integrated with Cisco network equipment to ensure seamless and real-time application of mobile internet policies and rules.

ResultsBy implementing Openet’s Policy Manager product, the operator is providing the foundation to deliver on it’s goal of being the leading mobile internet company in Asia, and delivering network satisfaction for all customers. This focus on network quality is paying dividends for the operator as they have enjoyed, by far, the greatest data ARPU growth in their operating country (55% data ARPU growth 2008 -2011) and are leading the market in terms of net additions with 48% growth from 2008 to 2011.

Operator’s Earnings Report, December 2011

Optimizing Network Experience with Flexible Fair Usage



North American Mobile OperatorThis innovative mobile operator provides high speed mobile services, including LTE, to over 7.3M subscribers. The operator has a stated goal of continuing to put their customers first and make their experience better every day. This is measured by their customer’s likelihood to recommend the operator’s products and services. The operator is also embracing new content business models and has developed partnerships with Skype, and music streaming service Rdio, as it seeks to offer customers more from high speed mobile. The commitment to customer experience involves ensuring that network quality is optimized at all times, and at the same time giving customers access to rich content and data services.

SolutionOpenet supplied their Policy Manager product to enable the operator to:

yy Deploy an LTE ready, strategic policy platform, quickly and efficientlyyy Offer a better experience to their customers

yy Quickly adapt to new opportunities with a product that is flexible and easy to configure.

Integrated with network equipment from both NSN and Cisco, Openet provides the flexibility required by this innovative operator.

ResultsOpenet’s Policy Manager product provides this operator with the base to drive revenue through an improved subscriber experience and a “customer first” focus. By introducing additional intelligence into the operator’s mobile networks, Openet Policy Manager provides a platform for innovation, customer service and network optimization.

Source of data: Operator’s Annual Report 2011

LTE and Content Partnerships: Delivering Network Optimization



Telekom Austria GroupTelekom Austria Group provides mobile services in several countries throughout Europe and delivers a consistently high level of customer experience throughout all operating countries. This includes making sure that customers don’t get unwanted traffic on their handsets and any unexpected high charges. The Group identified spam attack detection, flexible bill shock prevention and the implementation of requirements related to roaming regulation as key to ensuring the best customer experience in all markets.

SolutionWith their partner, Kapsch CarrierCom, Openet supplied their Policy Manager solution to Telekom Austria Group for deployment in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Belarus, Serbia, and Slovenia. This enables:

yy Customer security during mobile data usageyy Bill shock controls and compliance with EU data roaming legislationyy Faster roll out of use cases through deployment throughout Group operators of existing use cases

ResultsThe deployment of Openet’s Policy Manager makes it possible for approximately 19 million mobile subscribers in the Telekom Austria Group to benefit from enriched and innovative services that will enhance customer experience. Telekom Austria Group can now provide operators within the Group flexible and secure policy and billing solutions to support the increased use of data services, while providing both new and existing customers with enriched and innovative services that will enhance their experience of network service.

Preventing Spam Attacks and Bill Shock

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Evolved ExperienceEnabling operators to deliver an enhanced customer experience by providing increased visibility into how subscribers are using services; and delivers to subscribers insight and control related to their own usage and spend. This provides the foundation for operators to deliver personalization to their subscribers with personalized service options and unprecedented levels of control and self-care over accounts, services and usage.

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Enabling Self-Care with Real-Time Data for Upselling, Marketing and Bill Shock Controls

North African Mobile OperatorThis Tier 1 operator in North Africa, with over 35M subscribers, wanted to increase data usage and revenues – by telling customers exactly how much money they’re spending on data services and giving them options to buy more data add-ons and services, on top of their bundled allocation. This approach is not just about providing anti-bill shock measures, it’s also about delivering a better customer experience by giving customers full visibility and control, and enabling them to buy out of bundle add-ons and services.

SolutionOpenet supplied their Policy Manager, Balance Manager and Interaction Gateway products to enable this operator to:

yy Enable customers to buy data add-ons when in bundle allocations are used up – by volume and also by offer type – e.g. streaming music serviceyy Avoid bill shock by providing alerts against customer defined spend limitsyy Provide flexibility to the customer by enabling them to set their own limits and change when neededyy Provide real-time data roaming usage notifications and enable purchase of additional ‘blocks’ of data through web self-

care

ResultsDelivering ‘peace of mind’ to customers by providing transparency of usage and cost is proven to stimulate usage and spend. Customers know exactly how much they’re spending and if their data allocation is used up then they can quickly and easily top up with new blocks of data. Providing real-time usage information and enabling customers to set their own spending limits and buy data and service add-ons when they want them is seen as key to providing a personalized service and delivering a better experience.



M2M Mediation & Data Management – Cable TV Audience and Engagement Measurement

North American Cable and Multi-Play OperatorThis Tier 1 operator is one of the largest cable TV companies in North America. It also provides wireline and wireless voice and broadband services and has a customer base that includes over 12M video customers, 10M high speed data customers, 4.9M voice customers, and 5M double play and 4.2M triple play customers. In order to better support marketing and advertising campaigns to this growing customer base this operator wanted detailed TV viewing and usage data. The traditional approach of audience sampling by media research companies to collect viewership data would not deliver the detail that this operator required – they wanted real-time viewing metrics based on actual viewership data.

SolutionOpenet supplied their M2M Mediation and Data Management solutions to enable:

yy Mediation of large scale data generated by M2M devicesyy Collection of real-time TV usage – includes second-by-second click-stream (tuning and ITV) and HSD usageyy Advanced audience intelligence – usage data enriched with reference and subscriber information, and integrated with

data warehouse for reports and analyticsyy Delivery of business analytics and customizable reports of actual viewing datayy Support for post-campaign ad delivery with reports on actual ad impressions

ResultsThis operator is able to get a single integrated view of actual customer viewing behaviour and service usage. This enables them to gain a deeper and more relevant understanding of their customers’ behaviour, which in turn more effectively monetize ad inventory, offer compelling services and promotions as well as delivering a personalized video experience for customers.

Source of Market Data: Operator’s Q3 2012 results



North American Mobile OperatorWith over 50 million mobile customers, this operator offers next generation mobile services, including LTE. Delivering a strong customer experience is key to this operator’s success. In order to deliver the best customer network experience this operator needed to be pro-active in controlling the signaling storm that often comes along with increased smartphone and app usage. Network signaling can become a problem because many popular smartphone apps are “chatty,” and require constant queries of the network for updates. The impact of uncontrolled, chatty app signaling can reduce network availability, exhaust the DHCP IP address pool, reduce AAA capacity and impact device battery life.

SolutionOpenet supplied their Interaction Gateway product in order to enable this operator to:

yy Control chatty app signaling by coordinating communication between Openet Policy Manager and a specialized Interaction Agent that provides on-device signaling managementyy Delivers policy controls direct on the handset/deviceyy Control network costs and enhance customer experience

ResultsBy implementing Openet’s Interaction Gateway product, integrated with Openet Policy Manager, this operator will enjoy projected savings of more than $45 million over three years, by reducing the signaling traffic by up to 30%. Managing the signaling storm from chatty apps will enable this operator to control network infrastructure costs, and at the same time deliver a superior customer experience through improved network performance. In addition, customers will enjoy up to a 50 percent increase of mobile device battery life, with no noticeable change to the app’s functionality.

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About OPENET Since the introduction of mobile data services in 1998, Openet has helped service providers capitalize on opportunities and overcome challenges. With competitive pressure accelerating, today’s service providers rely on Openet software to evolve business models around networking smartphones, M2M devices, and third party services. Openet’s portfolio combines policy and charging control with device and third party interaction to enable innovative charging models, to control operating cost, and to personalize services. More than 80 of the world’s largest service providers in 28 countries use Openet’s high performance software.

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