Connectiv Solutions Teams with Communications Data Group
New Collaboration Streamlines Intercarrier Compensation and Dispute Resolution
BETHESDA, MD – May 10, 2011 – Today, Connectiv Solutions, the network efficiency experts, and Communications Data Group, Inc. (CDG) announced they have signed a strategic partnership deal that will combine Connectiv Solutions’s comprehensive network analytics capabilities with CDG’s expertise in carrier billing systems. The new arrangement provides telecommunications carriers with an unparalleled platform that will streamline their intercarrier compensation (ICC) procedures, reduce billing disputes and increase revenues.
Today’s increasingly complex inter-connected telecommunications environment makes it difficult for carriers to measure and bill effectively for ICC. It also gives rise to a number of regulatory challenges such as phantom traffic, traffic pumping and portability, which the Federal Communications Commission has attempted to solve. Today, when network analysis is performed, the result is often the product of guesswork, leading to inaccurate costs, endless disputes and ultimately carriers billing for more or less than they should.
Utilizing Connectiv Solutions’s netCLARUS interface, clients will define unique rule sets on an intercarrier agreement (ICA) basis. Defining these rules, affecting origination/termination points, jurisdiction, local boundaries, etc., will allow netCLARUS to analyze and tag call detail records (CDR) billable for ICC. Subsequently, carriers will have the advantage of sending the billable CDRs directly to CDG’s billing system, producing records that are both timely and accurate.
Within netCLARUS, users will be able to quickly review, compare and contest key contract ratios like Percentage Mobile to Land (PML), Percentage Local Usage (PLU) and Percentage Interstate Usage (PIU) to their actual percentages. Disputes, in particular, cost carriers significant time and resources to resolve. The new offering announced today will afford carriers the hard data needed to renegotiate the ratios to increase revenues and reduce network expenses.
In one example pertinent to wireless carriers, more granular cell site information was examined to define jurisdiction, offering a dramatic difference when compared to switches only. In this one study, the percentage of local usage jumped from 85% to 98%, saving thousands in monthly fees pertaining to just one ICA.
Brian Silvestri, president of Connectiv Solutions, said, “We’re delighted to be joining with CDG to offer our clients a more robust and accurate billing platform for the costs associated with intercarrier compensation. By combining netCLARUS with CDG’s CABS billing capabilities, carriers will gain a better grasp of their network expenditures, helping to boost their bottom lines. This single offering will save our customers time and provide the information they need to have the upper hand in billing disputes and negotiations.”
“This is an exciting opportunity to further expand CDG’s revenue assurance and optimization services and help our clients to identify, bill and receive payment for formerly unidentified records traveling over their networks. This partnership addresses billing gaps by detecting and then directing those billable records through our CABS billing. It’s a true win-win for telcos,” said Bob LaBonté, CEO of CDG
About Connectiv Solutions
Connectiv Solutions, the network efficiency experts, delivers unparalleled visibility and management of
telecommunications network usage expenses. Telecom carriers representing more than 130 million customers
rely on Connectiv Solutions to reduce operational costs and maintain a competitive advantage. For more
information visit: www.connectiv-solutions.com.
About CDG
CDG is a telecommunication billing solutions source offering MBS for wireline, internet, cable, VoIP, and IPTV,
convergent billing, electronic billing, service provisioning, customer care, mediation, operational support
systems and Carrier Access Billing System (CABS). CDG’s CABS solution is flexible, scalable and developed
in a modular design. Invoices produced either electronically, on CD-ROM or paper meet C/BOS industry
output standards. The system provides audit trails for tracking messages and minutes. All Meet-Point options
for all carriers, traffic types, jurisdictions and tariffs flow through the system.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Connectiv Solutions:
Tim O’Regan
Mobile: (202) 607-3535
teoregan@connectiv-solutions.com
CDG:
Bobbie McKay
Phone: (217) 355-7100
bobbie@cdg.ws
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