Telecom
industry is always evolving. Whether it is technology, type of service or
architecture; there is always something transforming, and most of the times changing
for the good. Telecom architecture has also seen many alterations in the recent
times. The revamping of Radius interface into the much improved Diameter
interface has been at the forefront of the major changes that have taken place
in the recent times. Diameter
charging has become the status quo in the telecom industry, and
essential for rightful operations of modern-day telecom operations.
Why Diameter Charging is better than Radius Charging?
Radius was
conceptualized for implementing fundamental authentication for dial-up internet
connections. In a common Radius authentication case, a user of services
supplies his credentials i.e. username and password to log into a server. The
server then checks/authenticates the credentials against a central LDAP policy
store. Although Radius has being effective in the past, it is not ideal for
IMS, in which, a present-day service subscriber uses different types of automatically
delivered Telecom
Services.
Compared to
the Radius authentication method, Diameter
Charging has the following advantages:
1. Trustworthy
AAA message transmission over TCP/SCTP protocol
2. Equipped
failover mechanism that ensures consistent message service delivery
3. Based on
peer to peer network architecture, it allows for greater versatility in
authentication
4. Transmission
of AAA messages securely utilizing IPSec or TLS
Diameter charging is the gold standard for modern-day charging
and billing process. To ensure that you are able to reap maximum
rewards out of a billing operation, it is essential to complement diameter charging with a modern-day telecom billing
platform.
Leverage Diameter Charging with Versatile Telecom Platform
Diameter charging is simply a part of telecom architecture.
For complete success of a telecom operation, there are many elements that need
to come together. Have a look:
1. Convergence in billing – A centralized charging architecture is
essential to bring in convergence into billing. An Online Charging System (OCS)
charges every service in real-time and allows telcos to create and deliver a
single invoice. The creation of a single invoice brings in transparency into
the billing tasks and allows telcos to build a bond of trust with their
subscribers. Also, in these times where the number of telecom services is
increasing consistently, there is a need to organize billing into a compact and
easy-to-understand operation.
2. Reporting and analytics – The intricacy of telecom operations can be
simplified if you have complete access to reporting and analytics tools. For a
telecom operator to be successful, it needs to decipher the trends and
understand customer behavior. Reporting and analytics provide telcos complete
information about customers’ whereabouts, their roaming charges, the kind of
services they use, credit limit etc. At Telgoo5, you get access to complete
reporting functionality as we provide you a slave database that is directly
updated by a master database.
Security
of information –
The billing system holds vital subscriber information that simply cannot fall
into the wrong hands. It would be calamitous for a telco to lose customer’s
credit card or bank account information to a hacker. Therefore, it is essential
to opt for a robust billing system that keeps all the information encrypted.
Telgoo5 is a next-gen MNO/MVNO/MVNE
platform that excels at securing information and allows for consistent telecom
operations.
