Bridgewater Systems - Pre-paid Integrator

An optional module of the Bridgewater® Service Controller, Pre-paid Integrator allows service providers to offer pre-paid data services while reusing their existing voice billing system and protecting their investments.

Service providers need to be able to offer a variety of pre-paid data access services — based on bytes or time consumed, or by which users are charged per download, per message, or per subscription, for example.

The Pre-paid Integrator provides an adaptation layer that supplies appropriate functionality between the network, applications, and the pre-paid engine. Totally integrated into existing billing systems, Pre-paid Integrator provides a seamless and easy-to-administer service, helps prevent revenue leakage, and is fully traceable, allowing for revenue recovery in case of failure.

Features and Benefits

Includes both time-and volume-based prepaid quotas to support multiple service models.
Immediately suspends sessions upon draining of a pre-paid account, helping to minimize revenue leakage.
Provides a low-balance notification with a configurable threshold, enhancing service continuity and keeping accounts from fully depleting.
Enables automatic subscriber redirection to a pre-paid portal, allowing subscribers to top up accounts once the low-balance threshold has been reached.
Offers standards-based support including Diameter Credit Control Application (DCCA) interface to accelerate time to market.