Oracle has launched Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control 4.4, a software, hardware, and support package offering charging options and technologies for telecoms services providers.
The package offers multi-network prepaid charging, voucher recharge, promotions management, Intelligent Network (IN) and Next Generation Network (NGN)-based service control and graphical service configuration. The package also offers integrated number routing and messaging services to enable operators to launch new services.
“The proliferation of consumer-friendly, IP-enabled multimedia devices, coupled with easy access to wireless broadband, has spurred an explosion in new mobile services. Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control 4.4 helps communications service providers quickly deliver innovative new services, charge for them, and thrive in the smartphone revolution,” says Liam Maxwell, vice president of products, Oracle Communications.
The product package offers configurable budgetr controls to enable operators to manage personal spending quotas for all services and send personalised real-time notifications to customers – combatting bill shock. 
It features advanced reservation management, which allows operators to optimise network use, and also offers prorated service payments that provide customers and operators with flexibility to select personalised charge dates for subscription-based services.
