Billing

Pure IP can provide a variety of hosted billing solutions using radius protocol for Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) service.  It allows any Radius-compliant device to send authentication requests and accounting CDRs to our billing servers. You will get full, unrestricted web-based access to the billing system for your operational services such as:

  • Wholesale traffic/termination providers owning Radius-compatible gateways or softswitches
  • Callshop, calling card operators
  • And many others....

We will collect your CDRs online and immediately process them according to account and rate settings you have previously set in the system. All processing is done real-time and call records are displayed on line immediately. Features like multiple rates, day of week or time of day based rating, reseller level rating, call cost and profit calculation, multiple language support, separate access for end users and call shop attendants and many more.

System features:

AAA formats

  • Radius authentication and authorization
  • Radius accounting
  • Asterisk support via external API

General Features

  • All functions are web-based.
  • Reports generated online, immediately after call completion.
  • Multi-level password protected access system.
  • All data easy exportable to external applications.
  • Multiple currency support
  • Supports H.323 and SIP (selected equipment)
  • Endpoint registration, DID

Multi-level structure

  • Supports multiple levels of users: Service Provider, Reseller, Agent, End user.
  • Separate rating for resellers, supports various freely selectable rates for Resellers.
  • Individual branding option at Reseller level.
  • Web access for each level, multiple users for each level.

Account Management

  • Prepaid/postpaid mode.
  • IVR Integration.
  • Authentication by Username, PIN, H.323 ID, H323 ID + E.164 number, ANI, IP address or Trunk ID.
  • Company Accounts- single invoicing and management of multiple accounts.
  • Customer contact details screen.
  • H.235 CHAP Password security for H.323 and Digest for SIP.
  • Selectable currency for accounts.
  • Optional limitation of number of simultaneous calls.
  • Invoicing per account or company.
  • Invoices generated in PDF for easier printing.
  • Automated monthly invoice generation.
  • Customizable Invoice templates.
  • Tax and discount handling for individual accounts or group.

Call Rating

  • Individual Rating per account and per called destination.
  • Call Rates per call time, setup fee.
  • Flexible day-of-week and time-of-day rating.
  • Variable rating increment steps, short call roundup.
  • Import from file and export to spreadsheet function.
  • Search function in large rate tables.
  • Rate table copy function for faster rate modification.
  • Support for multiple currencies.
  • Profit/loss calculation based on sell-buy rate.

Calling Card Features and Options

  • Accounts with serial numbers for inventory management.
  • Variable minute length- announces seconds differ from talk time.
  • Account expiry: fixed or variable days from first use.
  • Account recharge by Recharge Code.
  • Flexible rating plans.
  • DNIS based charges (allows different charges for tollfree access numbers)
  • Language selection for IVR systems
  • Daily card usage fees

PIN Management

  • Batch PIN creation function.
  • Various length and prefix settings for Pins.
  • Different password selection possibility to support different types of hardware.
  • Batch PIN enable, disable, and rate modification.

Reporting Tools

  • Call Detail Reports, search by caller or called number.
  • Call Summary by destination or date.
  • Profit/loss reporting by each call or summarized.
  • Answer Seizure Ratio (ASR) grouped by day or hour of day and destination/origination gateway or company.
  • Call Disconnect Cause Report by day or hour of the day.
  • Payment reports.
  • Invoices reports.
  • Active Call Monitoring Interface.

Customization

  • Customizable web interface on Service Provider and Reseller levels.
  • Upload function for logo and other graphics.
  • Template based, PDF invoice, fully customizable.

Administration

  • Multi-level user access.
  • Each user can be granted individual privileges
  • Selectable permissions per each web account.

Security

  • All activities are logged (account creation, modification, access login/logout, bad login attempts).
  • Idle web sessions expiry.

Call Shop Operator Web Interface

  • Client management - payments, booth assignment, credit control.
  • Line Status Monitor and Control.
  • Receipt printing (customizable) for deposit (prepaid) and final balance.
  • Call detail reports for callshop.
  • Searchable Rate table display for callshop.

End User Web Access

  • End user can see their usage history, balance, account details
  • Online application form for end users.
  • Automatic lost/forgot password recovery system.
  • Payment integration
  • Account recharge via recharge voucher.

Interoperability

  • Supports any H323 Radius enabled device, including:
    • Cisco gateways;
    • Cisco gatekeepers;
    • Quintum gateways;
    • Quintum call Relays;
    • GnuGK gatekeeper;
    • Mera MVTS softswitch;
    • Asterisk Authentication and Accounting Support