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How to use broadband service in Android smartphone
How to use broadband service in Android smartphone Broadband provider prefer to have bundling smartphone such as Android which including broadband contract for certainty period i.e. 6 months or 1 year. During contract period, customer should use MSISDN (mobile subscriber identity) and Android will be locked to avoid using another broadband providers. There are different … Continue reading
Charging profile of mobile broadband service
To have smooth introduction of mobile broadband service to the subscribers, telecommunication companies should prepare the tariff that will be apply to them. Pre defining of charging profile is required on the network elements which involved charging process. Network elements which involved in this process are charging gateway and Intelligent Network (IN). Charging gateway is … Continue reading
Charging mechanism on mobile broadband service
Charging process When session from mobile broadband service succeed to be authenticated by Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server then PDSN will send accounting request to charging system either PDSN itself, AAA service or dedicated charging platform such as Online Charging Service (OCS) and charging gateway. Once the charging system allows the session which that … Continue reading
Accounting process on mobile broadband service
Accounting function Mobile broadband service will require accounting process to charge mobile broadband subscriber while they access high speed internet access. Accounting process responsible to deduct subscriber balance for the prepaid phone number and record the transaction on the Call Detail Record (CDR) for the postpaid phone number. Accounting process could be done by Authentication, … Continue reading
Prepaid and postpaid phone numbers
Telecommunication companies divide their subscribers into two kinds prepaid and postpaid subscribers. Both prepaid and postpaid subscribers are divided to differentiate many things such as how they will be charged, what kind of promotion packages will be applied to both subscribers, what are the benefits to have prepaid and postpaid phone number etc. Almost telecommunication … Continue reading
Intelligent Network (IN)
Intelligent Network (IN) is playing the key roll on the telecommunication infrastructures. The main function of Intelligent Network (IN) is to charge any transaction made by prepaid subscribers while accessing the telecommunication service such as mobile internet service. The key point is charging to the prepaid subscribers. Meanwhile postpaid subscriber will be done by another … Continue reading
The Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) servers
The two terms of wireless or mobile internet services related to how subscriber will be permitted to access internet and how they will be charged are Authentication and Accounting functions. One more function that still important is Authorization process but at this time I will leave the last function. We can say that Public Data … Continue reading
PDSN: The Central processing of Data Service
When subscriber makes a dial session to have data service (wireless or mobile broadband internet service) on the CDMA platform, the first stage it will go through the telecommunication system such as BTS, BSC and MSC. Mobile Switching (MSC) will indicate that it is a data service session than MSC will forward the request to … Continue reading
Charging mechanism of wireless internet services
It is different with fixed line internet access e.g. via Internet Service Provider (ISP) which has dedicated bandwidth allocation, wireless or mobile broadband internet service has various charging mechanisms. This is to anticipate unstable connection which used to happen to wireless internet service. It is fairer that when subscriber is getting slow speed during accessing … Continue reading
How to implement BREW services?
Value Added Service (VAS) through mobile internet service is giving flexibility for the telecommunication company to custom existing telecommunication service they already run or create new innovation based on subscribers request. BREW platform gives more choices for Telecommunication Company to create many Value Added Service through mobile internet service which embedded on the subscriber’s mobile … Continue reading
Value Added Services (VAS)
Beside voice call, Data Service (wireless internet service) and messaging (SMS) services, Telecommunication Company used to offer some Value Added Services (VAS) to their subscribers. VAS business is growing very fast today since it was offering so many services which can be customized based on any requests and purposes. Telecommunication Company can change the VAS … Continue reading