Duration Split Bundle

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Code Code of the Bundle as seen in the GUI.	DURATION-SPLIT
Description Short description of the Bundle, e.g. what does it aim at.	The bundle can be used in situations in which customers are offered a predefined amount of time at a campaign price, and subsequently must be switched to normal price. Technically, the switch is done by the bundle which can monitor usage. If usage is below the cap defined, the bundle rates the usage according to one number plan, otherwise it uses another number plan.
Applies to Types of traffic (plan elements) that the bundle should be associated with.	All types of voice calls
Core info Is this bundle available in Core? If yes, specify which version.	Yes, from 8.2

Values

The meaning and use of the values of this bundle are as follows:

Value1	This value holds the number of seconds offered to the customer. The value does not change.
Value2	This value holds the number of seconds already used and rated by the bundle.
Value3	N/A
Value4	N/A

Example 1

An example must use a price and a bundle configuration:

Duration (Voice) Pricing Configuration Overview

RATING_CODE/SERVICE	Number Plan	Plan Element	Charge Item Price per Minute
VOICE-NATIONAL	National Voice Calls	-FIXEDLINE (has bundle attached)	1 Euro
VOICE-NATIONAL-CAMPAIGN	National Voice Calls Campaign Pricing	-HALF-PRICE-VOICE-NATIONAL	50 cents

Bundle Configuration

Name	HALF PRICE 500MIN Voice National bundle
Code	DURATION-SPLIT
Recurrence	Monthly
Value1	500*60=30000
Value2	0
Rate Priority	1 (This bundle is given the highest priority)
Parameters	IN.RATINGCODE=VOICE-NATIONAL-CAMPAIGN;IN.RATINGKEY=HALF-PRICE-VOICE-NATIONAL

The bundle is configured to provide special pricing for up to 500 minutes of national voice call per month. Recurrence can be set to either None (no recurrence), Daily or Monthly.

Scenario 1

A customer has an active Duration Split bundle and uses 50 minutes. Originally, he should be charged 50 Euros (1 Euro per minute according to the National Voice Calls number plan).

However, the Duration split bundle changes to the National Voice Calls Campaign Pricing number plan to include the discount, and the customer is charged only 25 Euros.

Eventually, the customer reaches, e.g. 490 minutes spent, at which point he uses another 60 minutes and exceeds the cap of the bundle. 10 minutes are covered by the bundle discount and the remaining 50 min are rated at the normal price, so the customer is charged a total of 55 Euros.

10 min at 50 Cents = 5 Euros
50 min at 1 Euro = 50 Euros

Any subsequent usage will be rated according to National Voice Calls number plan, i.e. 1 Euro per minute. With the change of month, a new cycle will be started.

Example 2

Duration (Voice) Pricing Configuration Overview

RATING_CODE/SERVICE	Number Plan	Plan Element	Charge Item price per Minute
VOICE-NATIONAL	National Voice Calls	-FIXEDLINE (has bundle attached)	1 Euro
VOICE-NATIONAL-CAMPAIGN	National Voice Calls Campaign Pricing Free	-ZERO-PRICE-VOICE-NATIONAL	0 Euros
VOICE-NATIONAL-CAMPAIGN	National Voice Calls Campaign Pricing 50 Per Cent	-HALF-PRICE-VOICE-NATIONAL	50 cents

Bundle Configuration

Name	Voice National Bundle
Code	DURATION-SPLIT
Recurrence	Monthly
Value1	500*60=30000
Value2	0
Rate Priority	1 (This bundle should be given the highest priority)
Parameters	IN.RATINGCODE=VOICE-NATIONAL-CAMPAIGN;IN.RATINGKEY=ZERO-PRICE-VOICE-NATIONAL;OUT.RATINGCODE=VOICE-NATIONAL-CAMPAIGN;OUT.RATINGKEY=HALF-PRICE-VOICE-NATIONAL

This is an example of a bundle configured to provide special pricing for all voice usage in a month. The first 500 minutes should be zero-rated, all subsequent usage will be rated at half price. Recurrence can be set to either None (no recurrence), Daily or Monthly.

Scenario 2

A customer has an active Duration Split bundle and uses 50 min. Originally, he should be charged 50 Euros (1 Euro per minute according to the National Voice Calls number plan).

However, the Duration split bundle changes to the National Voice Calls Campaign Pricing Free number plan to include the discount, and the customer is charged nothing.

Eventually, the customer reaches e.g. 500 mins of voice traffic spent in the month, at which point the customer uses another 60 minutes and exceeds the cap of the bundle.

The bundle then switches to the National Voice Calls Campaign Pricing 50 Per Cent number plan for the rest of the period, and the customer is charged 30 Euros. With the change of month, a new cycle will be started.