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    The document discusses interconnect billing and settlement processes at Reliance. It describes how call detail records are used to calculate usage and identify networks. The core activities of interconnect include negotiating agreements, recording call data, producing statements/invoices, and reconciliation. Reliance's interconnect application processes over 200 million call records per day from switches connected to other operators at the point of interconnect.

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    The document discusses interconnect billing and settlement processes at Reliance. It describes how call detail records are used to calculate usage and identify networks. The core activities of interconnect include negotiating agreements, recording call data, producing statements/invoices, and reconciliation. Reliance's interconnect application processes over 200 million call records per day from switches connected to other operators at the point of interconnect.

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    The document discusses interconnect billing and settlement processes at Reliance. It describes how call detail records are used to calculate usage and identify networks. The core activities of interconnect include negotiating agreements, recording call data, producing statements/invoices, and reconciliation. Reliance's interconnect application processes over 200 million call records per day from switches connected to other operators at the point of interconnect.

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    Interconnect

    Billing &
    settlement
    Overview
    Agenda
     Call Modelling
     Core activities
     Interconnect in Reliance

    confidential
    Business

    Processes - Interconnect
    Reference Data
     Reference Data Maintenance
     Rating
     Billing CDR Processing
     SAP Posting
     Reports Invoice Generation
     CDR requests Invoice Generation
    Call Data
     Reconciliation Reconciliation Warehousing
     Large number of reconciliation
     Reconciliation of payable amount
     Manual process
     Our disputed Invoices by BSNL and
    Private service providers

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    Interconnect Processes

    New NOP Rating Billing Cycle Reconciliation Trunk


    Configuration Close Maintains

    CDRs Preparation of Receipt of IUC Trunks


    Received From Billing Period Fact Sheet and Receive
    Receipt of SOF Mediation CDRs from From NNOC
    Commercial
    Statement
    CDR Generation Generation of Making of
    Network/Refer Processing Summary on Trunk Data
    ence Data Different For
    Configuration SAP Mediation
    level(CDR and
    Unrated CDR Reference
    Daily
    Data
    Summary)
    Catalogue
    Data Verification of Making Of
    Configuration Reprocessing
    Statements Reports send Trunks For
    of Unrated
    to the Interconnect
    CDR
    Commercial
    Billing Data
    SAP Posting and Business
    Configuration
    Of billed Data Team for
    Verification

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    Call Detail Record (CDR)

    Usage is calculated from the CDRs provided to interconnect by Mediation. The following
    details are available in Interconnect CDRs. On the basis of Switch and Trunk combination
    Interconnect Identifies Network Operator.

    CDR Fields (Mediation) Interconnect Use

    Incoming Switch
    Interconnect maps NOP (revenue)
    Incoming Trunk  
    Outgoing Switch
    Interconnect maps NOP (Payable)
    Outgoing Trunk  
    Call Date  

    Call start time  


    A Number  
    B Number Used for rating

    Duration (in milliseconds) Usage

    User summarization
    (Originating /Term Circle & Network ) Used for Reports (not for billing)
    Incoming Product Revenue Product ID
    Outgoing Product Payable Product ID

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    Core Interconnect Activities
     Negotiating and maintaining Agreements
     Recording and maintaining call data
     Statement/invoice production
     Reconciliation
     Analysis of traffic activity

    Regulatory

    Towns POI Desk


    IUC
    Commercial
    Interconnect
    Banking

    Accounts SAP

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    Interconnect
    Billing and Settlements in Reliance

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    Reliance Basic Services: RBS
     Other operators are generally connected with GMSC
     There may be POIs with MSCs also
     Direct connectivity with ILTs for WLN
     Last leg CDRs are taken for settlement
     Intra Circle Interconnect (eg.
    ILT Reliance Mumbai and Hutch
    Mumbai) or local calls
    MSC1 BSNL
     NLD / ILD calls terminated by
    other operators within the circle
     74% of Total Interconnect CDRs
    Airtel  200 million CDRs per day
    MSC2 GMSC
     5276 Billed TGs in Jan 07
     Circle-wise Operators
    Hutch (agreements)
    MSC3  187 Invoices & 152 Payable Bills

    MSC4

    Billable TG

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    Interconnect Billing Touch Points

    Commercial Regulatory
    Business Switch

    InterconnecT
    (Operator (Domestic
    (ILD Rates) (CDRs)

    Inputs to
    details) Rates)

    Intec NOC Intec


    (Autoloader) (New trunks) (Mediation)

    InterconnecT
    Agreement / Trunk Group CDR
    Tariffs Loading Creation Rating

    Billing
    Interconnect System

    TIBCO

    Outputs from
    InterconnecT
    SAP
    DSS Commercial Business Regulatory
    (Revenue &
    (ILD CDRs) (Reports) (Reports) (Reports)
    Expense)
    Interconnect Application

     Intec’s InerconnecT (V6.0.7) is used & Migration to V7 Under process.


     Widely used, stable application
     Client – Server architecture with Oracle as back-end database
     Current rating speed is 12.5 million CDR / per hour, current traffic
    volume is 200 million / day
     In-house developed portal and other interfaces are also used
     Dependency with Mediation for business rule implementation
     Mediation provides Product ID in the CDR (to identify the originating
    and terminating type of calls (Fix to Mobile etc.) and distance band (Eg.
    50-200 from POI to B Number)

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    BSNL Exchange Hierarchy
    L1 TAX L1 TAX Of other Circle

    For High
    usage route
    L2 TAX

    Tandem L2 TAX
    Tandem
    SDCA

    LEX 1 LEX 2 LEX 3


    SDCA

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    L1 Locations

    CIRCLE L1 TAX LOCATION CIRCLE L1 TAX LOCATION

    UPW AGRA PB JALANDHAR

    GJ AHMEDABAD CL KOLKATTA

    HR AMBALA UPE LUCKNOW

    KTK BANGALORE MU MUMBAI

    MP BHOPAL MH NAGPUR

    OR CUTTACK BH PATNA

    CN CHENNAI HP SHIMLA

    TN COIMBATORE JK JAMMU

    DL NEW DELHI WB ASANSOL

    KRL ERNAKULAM US USA

    AP HYDERABAD NE1 SHILLONG

    RJ JAIPUR AS GUWAHATI

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    Thank you

    confidential

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