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EMULOUS RECHARGE ARCHITECTURE
The ERA System is a proven and complete system for the management of the prepaid environment, seamlessly interfacing with Online Charging Platforms and 3rd Party Systems, thereby providing an open, standardised, modular and flexible approach to Prepaid OSS/BSS.
THE CHALLENGE
While the pre-paid paradigm has enabled access to telephony for billions of people, and has led to unprecedented and explosive growth for the mobile industry globally for almost two decades, for the operator the management of this environment comes with many challenges.
From the generation of the voucher or value code through to eventual redemption, the entire lifecycle of the voucher needs to be managed in a secure and dependable manner.
THE SOLUTION
ERA is a proven platform that addresses all of the challenges an operator faces with the management of prepaid airtime.
It is a complete solution that interfaces seamlessly with 3rd party or existing systems. It is built using open standards, maximising ease of deployment, and offers a completely secure, modular, easily scalable, and highly flexible platform for the management of the prepaid services environment.
BENEFITS
VALUE ADDED FEATURES
DISASTER RECOVERY
The ERA framework with its various modules, can be deployed in several DRP configurations to ensure business continuity in the event of system failure, isolation or any unforeseen catastrophes
ENHANCED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Additional information could be provided to the operator’s customer care, such as to allow for better support of the end user. The operator’s preference and current architecture will be considered for each implementation
EXTERNAL CONNECTIVITY
The IN Gateway provides an exposed set of Web Service methods that enable external systems to access and administer core network systems
FLEXIBLE ADMINISTRATION
The system is flexible and can be customised to suit each operators unique requirements. ERA will provide the customer/operator with customised front end views and operational management tools
FLEXIBLE BUSINESS RULES MANAGEMENT
The application and service is designed using a flexible & configurable set of rules for all counter administration transactions. This allows for quick administrative changes to the application to accommodate and apply new features
HIGH AVAILABILITY
ERA is designed to be fully redundant and allow for seamless failover. By making use of a modular design, the system can offer an availability level of 99.998%
MONITORING & ALARMING
ERA has a built-in capability to log events and provide basic alarm notifications via SMS. The system can also be enhanced to support integration with external Network Management systems through the use of SNMP
OPTIMISATION
The flexible design & development process provides an ideal opportunity to implement system changes. ERA’s functionality will be continuously reviewed to identify opportunities for optimisation
STATISTICS & REPORTING
ERA supports detailed logging of all relevant transaction data. This information is available for statistical reporting and analysis purposes. This information can optionally be sent to and stored on an external system for offline analysis
WEB-BASED ADMINISTRATION
A web front-end is available to configure and administer all aspects of the GW SLA management. It has the capability to generate reports on traffic volumes, transaction history and system load
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