Price Plans - SMS - Origin Based Rating (FT-1014.003)
About this document
Scope
This document provides background information as well as a functional description of the FT-1014.003 Price Plans - SMS - Origin Based Rating standard feature. The described feature is supported from the release version 4.0 onwards.
Note
Price Plans - SMS - Origin Based Rating is a standard feature and does not require a special license.
This feature is part of the Usage-based Charging functionality with number FN-1023.
Feature Availability
Feature Version | Available from | Summary of changes |
|---|---|---|
v1 | CMP Release 4.0 | Initial release |
Feature overview
Goals
The aim of the Price Plans - SMS - Origin Based Rating feature is to introduce SMS charging to all types of Zone Price Plans.
Functionality of the feature
Price Plans - SMS - Origin Based Rating feature introduces Origin Based Rating of SMS for all types of Zone Price Plans (Prepaid or Postpaid, and Individual or Pool).
It is possible to differentiate between incoming and outgoing SMS messages. By default, only outgoing (MO) SMS traffic is charged, it can be defined in the Price Plan whether incoming (MT) SMS should also be charged. At Zone Price Plan creation the following SMS Charge Types can be selected:
MO: Only Mobile Originated (outgoing) SMS messages are charged.
MO+MT: Mobile Originated (outgoing) and Mobile Terminated (incoming) SMS messages are charged.
Charges must be defined for the selected services, however, they can be 0.0 for free of charge.
Defining a Monthly Included value determines how many SMS messages can be sent/received in each Zone of the Zone Model within a Billing Cycle before an overage rate is applied, i.e. the Monthly Included Service is covered by the Monthly Recurring Charge (MRC) of the Price Plan.
Example
Included SMS MO for the Home Zone is set to 100 and the overage rate is $0.15/message.
The first 100 SMS MO used within the Billing Cycle will not incur a charge, but each SMS MO after the 100th will incur a $0.15 charge until the count resets to zero at the beginning of the next Billing Cycle.
CMP can charge SMS usage based on two different, selectable SMS Charge Models: Simple, and Destination based Rating. If the Charge Model Simple is selected, CMP will rate the SMS based on A Party Location, which is defined by the Location Zone in which the SIM is located and the time of day (Time Slice).
Overusage Cost Cap
Overusage Cost Cap defines the maximum amount of money value, that is allowed to be charged for the total overage on the Price Plan. Overusage Cost Cap is only applicable for Postpaid Price Plans.
In case the Price Plan has a Cost Cap limit configured and the total overage costs of the Price Plan are higher than this Cost Cap within a Billing Cycle, an additional credit line is created for the cost difference between the real costs and the cap.