Rating

Selcomm™ provides a sophisticated rating engine for the construction and mapping of telecommunication service detail records into a common usage format for subsequent processing. Further, with its high-speed processing engine, multiple program threads may take advantage of multiple server processors to cater for massive volumes of data that can be potentially generated within the Carrier network.

Based on the source mediation layer of the carriage of service, the integrity of service usage detail records can vary significantly. However, due to the demands for the purpose of billing and end-user informational flow, validation and construct these detail records often requires enhancement to industry and legal requirements.

Select maintains the raw source data received within the Selcomm™ Rating module for audit and subsequent reporting activities. Once rated, the detail records are flagged for subsequent Tariff, Discounting, Billing and report processing.

The Selcomm™ Rating Process includes:

• Allocation of service transaction detail record type as distributed from the source (Carrier, IN-Service, etc.) by; record attribute, A-party/B-party, band/location table, content criteria
• Cost and/or price allocation via record attribute, time base, usage counter base
• Business rule definition to pass through, ignore or highlight as an event, detail records by category, e.g., Service & Equipment charges by SP and/or third-party supplier
• Event maintenance of unallocated detail records
• Automated reprocessing of unallocated detail records
• Maintenance of the integrity of all received detail record attributes within the database
• Production of rated records for Wholesale Access Model provisioning purposes
• Maintenance of at least three levels of transaction pricing to include:
  • Service Provider Cost
  • Service Provider Charge
  • Recommended Retailing Charge