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Roaming Billing & SettlementCDMA Latin America Roaming Forum
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil26 May, 2004
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Agenda• Things to know about Roaming Billing &
Settlement– Roaming Agreement– CIBER
• Billing Guidelines• Financial Settlement• Upcoming enhancements and changes
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Billing begins with your Roaming Agreement
• What Services– Telephony (voice)– Data– Supplemental services
• Billing– Billing & settlement cycle– Data exchange– What records used (CIBER)
• Primary contacts• Fraud prevention/liability
• Settlement– When– What method
• Charging Principles– Rates (wholesale)
• Mobile terminating• Mobile originating• Toll / Data / Messaging• Other
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CIBER®
The Cellular Inter-carrier Billing Exchange Roamer
record (and process)
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History of CIBER• Started by CTIA Roamer committee in 1987• CIBERNET formed by CTIA in 1988
– Administer, maintain, and enhance CIBER– Introduced 1st financial settlement program
• Over 200 Operators and Vendors use CIBER today (AMPS, CDMA, TDMA)
• Current Release of CIBER is version 2.5
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What is CIBER?• The Cellular Inter-carrier Billing Exchange
Roamer record was developed to facilitate the exchange of roaming call details among roaming partners for settlement.
• CIBER Specification consists of:– Record formats– Data dictionary, descriptions, and edits– Processing rules and guidelines– Reference and industry tables
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CIBER Enhancements & Changes
• Proposed new record specifically for mobile data billing (Type 82)
• Table 30 updates for new roaming types– Packet data– WiFi
• Bulk SMS/MMS exchange• Support for new Mobile Equipment Identifier
(MEID), replaced ESN# which is less digits.• Potentially retire older CIBER records (10, 20, 30,
etc.)
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Roaming Billing & Settlement Summary
• CIBER is used today for wholesale billing and settlement of:– Voice– Data– SMS/MMS– Pre-paid roaming (wholesale settlement)– Inter-standard roaming– New roaming services & partners
• WiFi (WLAN)• Content & 3rd party services/applications
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Billing Guidelines• Developed by CDMA Development Group’s
International Roaming Team– CDG document #59 - Billing Specification– Helpful in understanding and implementing CIBER
• Charging principles• Field population• Use of indicators (Time Zones, etc.)
• International Roaming Team has also developed– Sample Tech Data Sheet– Roaming Agreement template– Wireless Data Roaming Requirements (Phase 1)
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CIBER User Group Meeting
Opportunity to learn more about CIBER changes and enhancements,and discuss your current and future billing & settlement requirements.
When: 16 June, 2004Where:Miami Beach, FloridaCost: Free to CIBER licenseesFor more information contact: Gepsie Cox [email protected]
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Financial Settlement
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Financial Settlement Process
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Multilateral Financial Settlement• Net Settlement Program
– Settled in $ (US Dollars)– Multilateral Only (for now)– Cycle is 16th - 15th of the following month– Automates funds exchange – Only 1 monthly
transaction per operator– Regional programs (Canada, Mexico & America Sur ?)– Input from Data Clearinghouses is reconciled and
balanced each month– Settlement statement and funding instructions monthly