OCF
The Online Charging Function (OCF) supports real-time charging and credit control for telecom services. Across multi-generation charging environments, it processes charging interactions as services are consumed, helping CSPs maintain accurate credit control, reduce charging errors and revenue leakage risk, and support online charging at scale.
CSPs’ key Online Charging challenges
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Real-Time Charging & Credit Control
Online services require low-latency charging and credit-control decisions to keep balances and service authorization accurate as usage occurs.
02
Charging Accuracy & Balance Integrity
Incorrect or delayed charging transactions can result in inaccurate balances, downstream billing discrepancies, customer disputes, and revenue leakage.
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High-Scale Real-Time Charging
Growing service usage and transaction volumes require online charging to scale without compromising latency or charging accuracy
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Flexible Real-Time Charging Models
CSPs need online charging to support evolving event- and usage-based commercial models without creating rigid, service-specific charging silos.
Without a robust, scalable OCF, CSPs risk charging delays, inaccurate balances, revenue leakage, and limited flexibility to support evolving real-time charging models.
How We Help CSPs Manage Online Charging
Real-Time Event-Based Charging
Support real-time charging and credit-control interactions for established voice, data, messaging, and other online-charged services.
Flexible Online Charging
Support event- and usage-based charging across different service and commercial models.
Accurate & Automated Credit Control
Validate and automate charging authorization and credit-control interactions to reduce charging errors and maintain reliable service control.
Real-Time Charging Data Integrity
Validate, normalize, and consistently process charging data in real time to reduce charging errors and revenue leakage risk.
High-Scale Online Charging
Process growing volumes of real-time charging transactions without compromising latency or charging accuracy.
Charging Continuity During Modernization
Maintain reliable online charging for existing services while evolving the charging architecture toward 5G SA and converged charging.