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Prepaid Billing Prepaid billing is the process of charging for services or product usage information from accounts which have value that is already available for use. Prepaid communication services is a process that is used by service providers (such as communication providers) to be paid for services they provide in the future. This allows the provider to obtain revenue for services without the risk of bad debt and it eliminates the need and cost for billing operations. Prepaid service is often associated with customers that may be credit challenged or who want more control over bills. This figure shows a real time prepaid billing system. In this example, the customer initiates a call to a prepaid switching gateway. The gateway gathers the account information by either prompting the user to enter information or by gathering information from the incoming call (e.g. prepaid wireless telephone number). The gateway sends the account information (dialed digits and account number) to the real time rating system. The real time rating system identifies the correct rate table (e.g. peak time or off peak time) and inquires the account determine the balance of the account. Using the rate information and balance available, the real time rating system determines the maximum available time for the call duration. This information is sent back to the gateway and the gateway completes (connects) the call. During the call progress, the gateway maintains a timer so the caller cannot exceed the maximum amount of time. After the call is complete (either caller hangs up), the gateway sends a message to the real time rating system that contains the actual amount of time that is used. The real time rating system uses the time and rate information to calculate the actual charge for the call. The system then updates the account balance (decreases by the charge for the call). Prepaid Billing System Diagram      Prepaid Billing Definitions Account Activation Access Line Access Minutes Access Number Access Provider Access Service Request - ASR Account Activation Account Adjustments Account Administrator Account Finder - AF Account Refill Account Service Class Account Stages Accumulated Usage Activation Code Administrative Charging System - ACS Allowed Number List Audit Reports Automatic Number Identification - ANI Available Call Duration Back Office Balance Threshold Barred Location Numbers Barring Thresholds Batch Promotions Batch Refills Bill Period Bill Posting Billing Account Billing Account Number - BAN Billing Aggregator Billing and Customer Care - BCC Billing Company Billing Increment Billing Interface Billing Media Converter - BMC Billing System Billing Telephone Number - BTN Billing Unit Bonus Manager Bulk Adjustments Call Accounting System - CAS Call Center Call Detail Records - CDR Call Detail Record - CDR - Processing Call Detail Record Server - CDR Server Call Progress Tones Call Rate Call Rate - CR Call Restrictions Caller Identification - Caller ID Calling Party Pays - CPP Calls per Second - CPS CAMEL Application Part - CAP CAMEL Application Part Version 2 - CAPv2 CAMEL Application Part Version 3 - CAPv3 Carrier Identification Code - CIC Charging Control Node - CCN Charging Management Charging Software Development Kit - Charging SDK Charging System Clearinghouse Collections Commitment Date - CD Community Charging Credit Clearance Period Credit Extension Credit Rating Credit Screening Customer Administrative Interface - CAI Customer Administrative System - CAS Customer Care and Billing System - CCBS Customer Provisioning Customer Relationship Management - CRM Customer Service Representative - CSR Data Mining Data Warehouse Data Warehouse System - DWS Deny Any Knowledge - DAK Dialed Number Identification Service - DNIS Diameter Dropped Calls Dunning Expiration Date - Expiry Date External Clients External Interface External Refill Fraud Protection Freephone Grace Period Guiding Billing Records Intelligent Network Triggered Charging - IN-Triggering Interim Standard 124 Data Message Handler - IS-124 Master Account Master Subscriber Mediation Devices Minutes Of Use - MOU Monetary Units Multi-Mediation Negative Balance Negative Balance Barring Negative Tariff Network Data Management Usage - NDM-U Offline Charging Online Mediation Online Payment System Open Settlement Protocol - OSP Ordering and Billing Forum - OBF Pre-Activated Accounts Pre-Authorized User Pre-Intelligent Network - Pre-IN Pre-Paid Subscriber - Prepaid Subscriber Rating Engine Rating Structure Real Time Billing Real Time Billing System - RTBS Refill Configuration Refill Method Refill Promotion Refilling - Refill Service Fee Period - SFP Service Removal Period - SRP Subordinate Account Subordinate Subscribers Subscriber Identity - Subscriber ID Subscriber Provisioning Supervision Period Usage Accumulators Usage Based Promotions Validation Processing Value Voucher Voucher Voucher Generation Voucher Group Voucher History Voucher Provisioning Voucher Purging Voucher Security Voucher Server - VS Voucher State White List - Whitelist    Billing Books more details Introduction to Telecom Billing This book explains how companies bill for telephone and data services, information services, and non-communication products and services. 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