True Real-Time Billing for NCC

For more than a year now, NCC has been successfully using the CBOSS end-to-end convergent solution based on the real-time billing system CBOSSrtb(rtBilling^TM).

Rapid subscriber base growth and dynamic business development required NCC to implement a convergent solution of an entirely new level. The company decided to expand its CBOSSbcc-based comprehensive solution with the high-end CBOSSrtb Real-time Billing system based on the HP NonStop platform in the Maited Pair configuration. The expansion was performed in hot swap mode without any service provisioning interruption.

The comprehensive convergent CBOSS solution operated by NCC features unique reliability that guarantees minimization of telecoms' business risks.

With response time less than 100ms, CBOSSrtb enables true real-time charging and control of any service including parallel transactions.

In addition to payment convergence, the solution supports hybrid accounts considerably expanding telecoms’ marketing opportunities. In particular, the hybrid accounts allow subscribers to switch between prepaid and postpaid payment modes and enjoy location based transaction rating as defined by the operator, whether in the office, trade center, city district, etc. The feature allowed NCC to offer a wide range of flexible tariffs to all of its subscribers including corporate customers. Today, the company can launch effective marketing campaigns to improve customer loyalty and promote new services and offerings such as scaling charging depending on service use duration and volume. Moreover, using convenient reporting and statistics system, NCC can continuously monitor and analyze market trends, contributing to the development of efficient marketing strategies.

Adding to payment convergence, the CBOSS solution supports the data convergence, which means the capability to provide services in any network including NGN.

“The expanded solution based on the real-time billing system CBOSSrtb created new opportunities for the company allowing us to focus on development of new services rather than investing in creation of expensive infrastructure”, said Anatoly Ponomarenko, IT Director at NCC.

For only a year of the CBOSS solution operation, NCC increased its customer base by more than 30% and exceeded 1.2 million subscribers. Providing unmatched linear scalability, the CBOSS solution proved to be an ideal choice for dynamically developing NCC. The linear scalability requires much less financial and time resources than the purchase of an additional system to serve a growing customer base.

The long-term cooperation with CBOSS provided NCC with a perfect tool for successful competition, meeting any most stringent market requirement and featuring unparalleled reliability and functionality.

19.07.2007

About NCC
Established by Volgatelecom in 1995, NCC became the first GSM network operator in Russia. Fully owned by Volgatelecom, NCC is the 8th largest cellular operator of the Russian Federation and the leading local telecommunications company holding 35% of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast’s mobile market and serving more than 1 304 600 customers as of May 31, 2007 (according to AC&M).

About CBOSS
CBOSS (Convergent Business Operations Support System) is a transnational corporation with offices located in Finland, Indonesia, Russia, Switzerland, UAE and Vietnam.
CBOSS Corporation is a world leader in the development of innovative convergent high-end IT solutions for comprehensive automation of telecommunications enterprises. The full range of equipment, system and application software and professional services, including consulting, turnkey implementation, technical support, staff training and IT outsourcing, provides telcos with guaranteed operations quality while minimizing capital expenditures and operational expenses.