Improved
cash flow
With interconnect
accounting
for as much
as half of
the total ongoing
costs of operation
and a significant
proportion
of overall
revenue, any
delay in reaching
settlement
with an interconnect
partner can
make a huge
impact on an
operator’s
overall financial
performance.
Interconnect
Manager speeds
up the time
to settlement
by providing
a near real-time
management
view of the
status of each
interconnect
agreement at
any time. This
details the
current financial
exposure and
highlights
any issues
with suspense
files, enabling
rapid re-processing
prior to the
end of the
billing period
and helping
to control
revenue leakage.
Increased
interconnect
margins
Increased competition
has brought
about tremendous
pressure on
the end-user
prices for
telecom services.
The net result
is that operators
must find ways
to squeeze
out costs from
their own operations,
whilst leveraging
the investments
that have been
made in their
networks. Interconnect
Manager provides
a range of
tools for a
proactive approach
to managing
interconnect
partners, enabling
margins to
be maintained
or improved
despite falling
retail prices.
Automated rate
loading makes
it easy to
set-up and
launch new
interconnect
arrangements,
and re-rating
based on aggregate
summaries enables
rapid assessment
of new offers
to determine
least cost
routing.
Enables
fast business
decisions
Knowledge is
power, and
access to the
right information
at the right
time enables
informed business
decisions based
on hard fact.
Interconnect
Manager provides
an up to the
minute view
of the status
and financial
exposure of
all interconnect
agreements.
Its system
of aggregates
makes re-rating
of an entire
month’s
traffic possible
within minutes,
allowing almost
instant analysis
of the impact
of alternate
routes or newly
negotiated
agreements.
It also supports
multiple legal
entities, allowing
interconnect
operations
across affiliates
to be monitored
from a single
system.
