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CDRator's billing functionality is designed to generate Invoice Detail Lines invoice detail lines based on Call Detailed Record (CDR) information received from the network.
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| Step | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOADING | CDR information is loaded into the database and named as billing records. The loading process applies CDRator’s customer validation logic to the CDR files to e.g. discard duplicate information or files which do not comply with the expected format. |
| 2 | MEDIATION | Billing records have the same structure of CDRs, but two additional fields are added by CDRator:
Mediation is the process logic that determines these two fields from the information available in the billing record. The rating Rating code and rating key are human-readable values that have a great impact on the subsequent phases of the billing process. |
| 3.1 | RATING (standard prices) | The telecommunications market often offers monthly packages which grant a limited amount of traffic (talk time, messages and data) at a fixed monthly fee. Nonetheless, every single minute of talk time, every message and every kbyte of GPRS has a basic or standard price.
The first stage of the rating phase always determines the price of the billing record in terms of basic prices. |
| 3.2 | RATING (campaigns) | After the billing record is rated according to the basic prices, the process searches for exceptions. If a valid campaign/bundle is found, the process continues, and now the campaign/bundle's own logic determines the actual price of the billing record. |
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