Advanced Charging
As 5G adoption increases, telecom providers need a way to streamline the delivery of services while maximizing revenue. Convergent charging systems (CCSs) allow providers to monetize their 5G networks and boost their return on investment (ROI).
CSG Advanced Charging is a 5G CCS that’s cloud-native, agile and flexible. It allows you to charge for offline and online services without disruption.
What is convergent charging?
A CCS allows telecom companies to offer and charge for various services, including data, voice, cable and internet. Using convergent charging, your company can charge on a prepaid or postpaid basis.
CCSs simplify the billing process, reduce operating costs and help you capture more revenue. They produce a single bill that shows customers exactly how much of each service they’ve used.
Traditional systems offered multiple benefits over older methods, which typically relied on a mishmash of systems and billing solutions. However, most CCSs aren’t designed for 5G monetization and don’t allow telecoms to maximize their 5G ROI. A 5G charging system allows your company to monetize your network, scale to support transaction volumes and develop new use cases for 5G.
5G charging
5G networks are more complex than 4G networks, and they require a more sophisticated charging system. As your company rolls out 5G, you need a system that lets you leverage the network’s strengths while continuing to provide 3G or 4G services to customers. 5G convergent charging aligns with 3GPP standards and TM Forum standards. It unites offline (or postpaid) with online (or prepaid) charging models within the same platform.
CSG Advanced Charging is a cloud-native and modular platform that creates opportunities for 5G innovation without disrupting your current services or limiting your existing partners, revenues and customers.
Our platform supports nearly all monetization models, including subscriptions, postpaid, prepaid, network slices and shared balances.
- Launch new products in minutes.
- Provide services across all networks, including 3G, 4G and 5G.
- Maintain service and revenue continuity as you evolve to 5G.
- Deploy in the public or private cloud or on premises.
- Ensure protection from fraud or data encryption.
The benefits of a convergent charging system
Simplified billing
Convergent charging simplifies the billing process by eliminating the need for multiple billing systems.
Simplified network footprint
With a convergent charging framework, your overall network footprint for all traffic is streamlined. You can control and monetize traffic on any network, from 2G to 5G.
Rapid launch
Get all types of use cases to market quickly while protecting your current revenues.
Scaling on demand
5G CCS ensures you scale consistently across operations. You can adjust the size and scope of the network to meet your needs.
Optimized cost of ownership
A CCS ensures you make the most of the cost of ownership with options including pay as you scale, configurable set-up and rapid deployment.
Successful 5G monetization
A CCS can be used to monetize 5G networks by charging customers for different levels of service or by offering new services, such as virtual reality and augmented reality.
5G-ready charging systems
Get ready for the future and reduce your time to market and operating expenses. Learn more about CSG Advanced Charging today. Contact us to talk about your convergent charging needs.