Procera Networks (News - Alert), a network intelligence company, and Openet have launched Revenue Express, an end-to-end turnkey policy control and charging (PCC) solution that features intelligent policy enforcement and analytics besides enabling policy management functionality for mobile operators.
Revenue Express Solutions are pre-configured and easy to deploy and allow operators to configure revenue generating services that are based on software and hardware configurations designed for this purpose.
According to officials, standardized and pre-packaged functionality will help reduce cost of ownership and reduce time to launch of services for several service providers. They can now provide flexible service configurability and interoperability with existing operator OSS/BSS systems.
Cam Cullen, vice president of Global Marketing at Procera said, “Our policy work with Openet (News - Alert) leverages both companies’ industry expertise and makes it possible for mobile operators to quickly meet common business requirements with reduced complexity and ease of operation. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Openet and finding new ways to bring our policy enforcement and analytics technology to all operators.”
The Service Pass for customers is an option that can be leveraged by customers who have exhausted their existing data limit. If subscribers are given a simple transparent data purchase option that is easily understandable then automatically customer service calls and costs are reduced. Subscribers will also be encouraged to try new data usage plans and more customer segments will also purchase additional data.
Openet’s vice president of marketing, Christopher Hoover noted, “Policy and charging control is essential for operators innovating data pricing and services. Procera’s Internet intelligence expertise and shared vision for delivering value to mobile operators makes them an ideal partner with whom to expand our existing suite of Openet Express solutions.”
Revenue Express enables full PCC components that are defined by 3GPP standards. They are deployed in advanced 3G/4G networks, with Openet software performing the policy and charging rules function (PCRF). Procera solutions is providing the analytics and policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF).
Procera Networks introduced Dynamic LiveView, a query capability for network analytics recently. Procera’s first-to-market capability enables network operations, engineering, finance, marketing, executive staff and customer service teams to formulate their own queries to view network activity from their own perspective.
Edited by Ashley Caputo