Trends and Opportunities
With the expansion of Passpoint networks and the growth of global deployment with WBA OpenRoaming™, there are many new opportunities for mobility players. New entrants and new solutions have expanded the field and it is necessary to enhance the related wholesale billing process to support the evolving roaming industry
The industry requires to have an overall improvement in operational and financial areas of mobility wholesales interfaces.
Business Benefits
It is important to create a single simplified wholesale settlement process to benefit all the roaming industry stakeholders.
This project develops a common guideline which allows single wholesales process, both operational and financial, may be used by all parties regardless of technical.
Expected Deliverables
Develop operational processes and reports to:
- Support all Wi-Fi roaming and Open Roaming exchange and settlement.
- Support WBA inter-technology roaming exchange and settlement as well as recommendations for the management of inter-technology roaming using common reporting formats.
- Address financial processes using summarized/reconciled input.
- Optimize settlement processes with flexible invoicing and settlement solutions that keep usage disputes out of the invoicing and payment process.
