Interconnect

Billing &
settlement
Overview
Agenda
 Call Modelling
 Core activities
 Interconnect in Reliance

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 Business

Processes - Interconnect
Reference Data
 Reference Data Maintenance
 Rating
 Billing CDR Processing
 SAP Posting
 Reports Invoice Generation
 CDR requests Invoice Generation
Call Data
 Reconciliation Reconciliation Warehousing
 Large number of reconciliation
 Reconciliation of payable amount
 Manual process
 Our disputed Invoices by BSNL and
Private service providers

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 Interconnect Processes

New NOP Rating Billing Cycle Reconciliation Trunk

Configuration Close Maintains

CDRs Preparation of Receipt of IUC Trunks

Received From Billing Period Fact Sheet and Receive
Receipt of SOF Mediation CDRs from From NNOC
Commercial
Statement
CDR Generation Generation of Making of
Network/Refer Processing Summary on Trunk Data
ence Data Different For
Configuration SAP Mediation
level(CDR and
Unrated CDR Reference
Daily
Data
Summary)
Catalogue
Data Verification of Making Of
Configuration Reprocessing
Statements Reports send Trunks For
of Unrated
to the Interconnect
CDR
Commercial
Billing Data
SAP Posting and Business
Configuration
Of billed Data Team for
Verification

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Call Detail Record (CDR)

Usage is calculated from the CDRs provided to interconnect by Mediation. The following
details are available in Interconnect CDRs. On the basis of Switch and Trunk combination
Interconnect Identifies Network Operator.

CDR Fields (Mediation) Interconnect Use

Incoming Switch
Interconnect maps NOP (revenue)
Incoming Trunk  
Outgoing Switch
Interconnect maps NOP (Payable)
Outgoing Trunk  
Call Date  

Call start time  

A Number  
B Number Used for rating

Duration (in milliseconds) Usage

User summarization
(Originating /Term Circle & Network ) Used for Reports (not for billing)
Incoming Product Revenue Product ID
Outgoing Product Payable Product ID

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Core Interconnect Activities
 Negotiating and maintaining Agreements
 Recording and maintaining call data
 Statement/invoice production
 Reconciliation
 Analysis of traffic activity

Regulatory

Towns POI Desk

IUC
Commercial
Interconnect
Banking

Accounts SAP

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Interconnect
Billing and Settlements in Reliance

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Reliance Basic Services: RBS
 Other operators are generally connected with GMSC
 There may be POIs with MSCs also
 Direct connectivity with ILTs for WLN
 Last leg CDRs are taken for settlement
 Intra Circle Interconnect (eg.
ILT Reliance Mumbai and Hutch
Mumbai) or local calls
MSC1 BSNL
 NLD / ILD calls terminated by
other operators within the circle
 74% of Total Interconnect CDRs
Airtel  200 million CDRs per day
MSC2 GMSC
 5276 Billed TGs in Jan 07
 Circle-wise Operators
Hutch (agreements)
MSC3  187 Invoices & 152 Payable Bills

MSC4

Billable TG

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Interconnect Billing Touch Points

Commercial Regulatory
Business Switch

InterconnecT
(Operator (Domestic
(ILD Rates) (CDRs)

Inputs to
details) Rates)

Intec NOC Intec

(Autoloader) (New trunks) (Mediation)

InterconnecT
Agreement / Trunk Group CDR
Tariffs Loading Creation Rating

Billing
Interconnect System

TIBCO

Outputs from
InterconnecT
SAP
DSS Commercial Business Regulatory
(Revenue &
(ILD CDRs) (Reports) (Reports) (Reports)
Expense)
Interconnect Application

 Intec’s InerconnecT (V6.0.7) is used & Migration to V7 Under process.

 Widely used, stable application
 Client – Server architecture with Oracle as back-end database
 Current rating speed is 12.5 million CDR / per hour, current traffic
volume is 200 million / day
 In-house developed portal and other interfaces are also used
 Dependency with Mediation for business rule implementation
 Mediation provides Product ID in the CDR (to identify the originating
and terminating type of calls (Fix to Mobile etc.) and distance band (Eg.
50-200 from POI to B Number)

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BSNL Exchange Hierarchy
L1 TAX L1 TAX Of other Circle

For High
usage route
L2 TAX

Tandem L2 TAX
Tandem
SDCA

LEX 1 LEX 2 LEX 3

SDCA

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L1 Locations

CIRCLE L1 TAX LOCATION CIRCLE L1 TAX LOCATION

UPW AGRA PB JALANDHAR

GJ AHMEDABAD CL KOLKATTA

HR AMBALA UPE LUCKNOW

KTK BANGALORE MU MUMBAI

MP BHOPAL MH NAGPUR

OR CUTTACK BH PATNA

CN CHENNAI HP SHIMLA

TN COIMBATORE JK JAMMU

DL NEW DELHI WB ASANSOL

KRL ERNAKULAM US USA

AP HYDERABAD NE1 SHILLONG

RJ JAIPUR AS GUWAHATI

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Thank you

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