Open Charging Interface
Do you know that it is possible to deploy new bearer, new platform or new software release without impacting your prepaid system, without investing in a new software release in your IN system, without thinking about compatiblity between vendors ?
EVISTEL Open Charging Interface has been designed to fit this need: solve all your real-time charging issues by connecting any platforms with any interface with your legacy prepaid system.
The charging architecture for 2G Networks was mainly “Network Based”: connection of Circuit Switch Network Equipments to the Charging system. Charging architecture in 2,5G and 3G Networks is more complex and requires new interfaces for the connection of IP Network Equipments, third parties and a large panel of Services platform including IMS Application Servers.
The evolution of the legacy prepaid charging system is a challenge for the mobile operators, because they need at the same time short Time To Market and short Return On Investment. This is the reasons why EVISTEL provides an Open Charging Interface (OCI) that allows the charging of new services without changing legacy infrastructures.
EVISTEL Open Charging Interface (OCI) provides open interfaces enabling service plat-form or third party applications to rate and charge in real time. It hides the complexity of interfaces, protocols, trafic types to the IN system. Therefore, EVISTEL Open Charging solution enables fast deployment of new services, fast introduction of new application and new bearers while preserving investments.
EVISTEL Open Charging Interface (OCI) supports all type of traffic: Voice, SMS, Data, VoIP, events… and all type of protocols: INAP, CAP, Diameter, SOAP/XML, hot billing…
On top of mediation feature (i.e. interfaces adaptation), EVISTEL Open Charging Interface (OCI) offers several features for a perfect control of the access to the prepaid/postpaid system. EVISTEL OCI protects prepaid/postpaid system against non authorized accesses, flooding…
EVISTEL Open Charging Interface (OCI) is a robust platform based on the carrier-grade EVISTEL DASP platform. It offers an availability of 99,999%.