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Sandvine's Usage Management Enables Accurate Usage-Based Billing

Sandvine supports pre- and post-paid service plans across converged networks

 
Sandvine’s Usage Management can be deployed in all access technologies and provides unified charging for converged networks.

Waterloo, ON; September 28, 2010 – Sandvine, (TSX:SVC; AIM:SAND) a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today announced that it has released the latest version of its Usage Management product.  Usage Management addresses the growing trend of upgrading all-you-can-eat service plans with targeted pre- and post-paid service plans.  Sandvine’s Usage Management can be deployed in all access technologies and provides unified charging for converged networks.

Usage Management release 3.1 introduces a new Record Generator license that adds the following capabilities to the Usage Management product and complements the support for mobile data pre-paid charging, announced earlier this year:

  • Supports detailed and accurate charging requirements for post-paid service plans using an interface to Offline Charging Systems (OFCS)
  • Provides customizable, policy-based usage data records based on highly flexible network policy rules, triggered by time or volume
  • Supports a variety of use cases, such as usage record transfer to Operational Support Systems (OSS) for customer bill auditing, or for back-up of Online Charging Systems (OCS)
  • Seamlessly interoperates with 3rd party billing network elements within mobile, fixed and converged networks using customizable data record formats
  • Integrates into legacy and 3G mobile networks and offers seamless migration into future 4G networks

“It is no longer about the broadband-connected home but about the broadband-connected individual,” said Tom Donnelly, EVP marketing and sales, Sandvine.  “Service providers worldwide are looking for tools that enable their subscribers to stay within their service plans regardless of when, where or how they connect to the network.”

Sandvine’s Usage Management product enables differentiated service offerings including:

  • Application-based pre- and post-paid service plans that are segmented by user persona’s e.g. service plan targeting social networkers
  • Convenient prepaid service pass that provides Internet connectivity for subscribers on the go 
  • Transparent subscriber communications that advise users of total usage and roaming charges to prevent bill shock and to comply with European Union data roaming regulations
  • Subscriber mobility across mobile, WiFi, WiMax, cable, DSL or fiber access technologies, supported with unified charging for fixed mobile converged networks
  • Mobile device-aware service plans based on device type e.g. service plans targeting smartphone users

“By enabling targeted pre- and post-paid service plans, subscribers are empowered to choose the applications and services they want, and pay for exactly what they use,” said Mr. Donnelly. 

Sandvine’s solutions detect network conditions that trigger policies within the network to help service providers enhance subscribers’ Internet experience. Sandvine’s Usage Management product exemplifies the diverse service creation opportunities offered by network policy control.

Join Sandvine and Informa on October 5th for an informative webinar outlining Business Intelligence and Usage Management case studies and solutions http://webinars.telecoms.com/webinar/network-business-intelligence-revolutionizing-decision-making/

Visit Sandvine at Broadband World Forum, October 26-28, in Paris at booth #B8 to learn more about our products, solutions and opportunities through network policy control.

ABOUT SANDVINE

Sandvine’s network policy control solutions focus on protecting and improving the quality of experience on the Internet.

Our award-winning network policy control equipment and software helps DSL, FTTx, cable, fixed wireless and mobile operators better understand network traffic, manage network congestion, create new services and revenues, mitigate traffic that is malicious or undesirable to subscribers, deliver QoS-prioritized multimedia services and increase subscriber satisfaction. With service provider customers in more than 80 countries serving hundreds of millions of broadband and mobile data subscribers, Sandvine is enhancing the Internet experience worldwide.


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Sandvine
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Sandvine
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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