SAP Enables New Approach To Billing For Telecom Industry

SAP has launched the SAP Billing for Telecommunications package, an integrated solution designed to cover the widespread demands and service portfolios of communications service providers (CSPs) globally. With this package, individual SAP offerings for rating, charging, invoicing and financial management are combined for the first time on a flexible billing platform, offered in conjunction with analytics and a broad-based value management program. Building on the acquisitions of software companies Highdeal and Sybase, this solution enables CSPs to launch and monetise next-generation service offerings.

The architecture of SAP Billing for Telecommunications facilitates the rapid deployment of next-generation offerings that span services, networks (fixed and mobile) and payment methods (prepaid and postpaid), and supports both customer and partner processes in the same system. SAP provides the necessary foundation to help CSPs transition toward taking a new approach to billing and new ways of doing business. The open and modular architecture within the software allows CSPs to define a tailored road map that delivers value with each implementation step.

“SAP Billing for Telecommunications, together with the recently launched SAP HANA and analytic applications, marks a serious commitment by SAP to totally revitalise the way billing is conducted in the telecommunications industry,” said Jens Amail, Senior Vice President, Telecommunications, SAP. “We have gone beyond the traditional parameters of existing billing solutions to create something that adds real business value for communications service providers- addressing operational challenges today and enabling new business models in the digital economy.”