IoT Monetization and Partner Management IoT October 26, 2017 Etsi, Sophia Antipolis
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Who is Amdocs? BSS Provider A leading BSS Provider Present in largest Telco's Worldwide Monetization of CSP Assets Selected Customers Global 3
High Level Revenue Flow Operators Partners Network Usage Reports Settlement Plans Billing Pricing Plans Consumers 4
IoT Billing Future Monetization Models White Label Split Charges Sponsored data International expansion Settlements Complexity Retail IoT Bundles Billing on behalf of Shared Allowance Wholesale connectivity Wholesale real-time Services offering Enterprise Consumer Hybrid 5
IoT Billing & Settlement Partner Management Lifecycle - IoT Business Support Contractual Negotiations E2E Customer/Partner Lifecycle Management from on-boarding to settlement and reconciliation Scalable Rating Engine supporting multiple IoT billing schemes and multi-level bucket metering Reporting & Analytics Billing & Settlement End-to-End IoT Contract Lifecycle Management Partner/Customer On-boarding Contract and Rates Management IoT Charging Gateway: collect and enrich usage events from IoT networks Easily managed configuration tools for products, pricing plans, multi-level settlements, promotions Cloud deployment support Event Processing Data Collection& Metering Advanced Reporting system with interface to payment, collection and financial systems 6
High Level Architecture Paradigm CSP Billing of IoT charges Revenue Settlements Consumers IoT Billing & Settlement Partners Offer Catalog Define IoT -Pricing Plans - Revenue Share Aggregate Usage Data According to Billing Rules IoT Charging GW Charging Interface CRM Provision Account Associate Accounts To Allowances Type And Devices Collect Device Usage Traffic M2M Platform Application Servers / Service Providers IoT Networks NB - LTE-M LoRaWan 7 End User Applications
IoT Billing & Settlements Billing & Settlement Flexible & Configurable Settlement models Customer Visibility on his Data Streamline Billing Operations Contract Template Revenue Sharing Dispute Reports Adjustments Re-rating Discounts Promotion Trouble Tickets Hierarchy General Ledger Accruals OC / RC / UC Multi-Party Self Care Provisional Invoice Reconciliation Approval Process 8 *One-time, recurrent, usage charges
IoT Charging Gateway IoT Charging GW Charging Adaptor Bucket Management Network interface Pooling API Account Identification Aggregation Buckets Configuration Virtual Buckets Diameter interface API Trigger UDR creation Bucket Assignment Multiple Bucket level Account, Subscriber SOAP API s Notifications Reports Usage Enrichment Promotion Bucket 9
Pricing Models per Frame (Up Counter/Down Command) per Volume per Location (zip code), Street, per Zone (home, work, off zone) per Roaming Status per Alarm per Download (firmware) per Upload (video) Depending on Error Rate, Hop Count, Special Service (find me) per Device Type per Device Vendor This information needs to be collected from IoT Platforms for charging purposes! Data Elements Protocols 10
In Summary IoT Revenue Generation needs E2E Business Solution Support Open API s based on the industry standards also for usage charging IoT Billing system to support growing demand of IoT Solutions IoT IoT Monetization Solutions 11
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Amdocs IoT Charging Gateway $ Billing Integration Provisioning Charging Usage AIoTCGw Traffic Buckets Policies Control Reports Notifications Network Integration 14
Sample of Pricing Agreement - Connected Cars SIM Embedded Car Entertainment Remote Maintenance Partners: Telco: Connectivity Provider Car Manufacturer: Service Partner 2 GB / Month are including for the 1s Year Car Manufacturer will pay Telco for the 1 st Year After 1 Y, Consumer buys Add-On package from Telco Part of Add-On is Shared to Car Manufacturer: Revenue Share 15
Partner Management Scope Partner On Boarding Workflow Register Details Review and Approval Contract Definition Templates Rating Schemes - Pricing Models 16 Smartcity Revenue Share between Vendors / Service Providers Manufacturer (Car / Watch / Washing Machines) Service Provider (Smartcity) Connectivity Provider Contract Execution Settlements (invoice actual payments based on agreement) Operations Invoices