Main Features of ABS

• Over 30 X-Windows GUI forms are used to control and manage the ABS 100 system.
• Unique internal CDR processing design allows ABS to process a high volume of CDRs monthly without requiring expensive high-end hardware.
• Complex Rating: ABS supports a very flexible and powerful rating engine. Refer to the Rating Options list below for more information about ABS rating capabilities.
• Carrier Billing: ABS rates Carrier CDRs and generates Carrier Reports for auditing and reconciling Carrier Bills.
• Usage Threshold Reports: ABS can detect fraud by monitoring call usage threshold patterns that exceed defined limits and automatically send warning emails alerts.
• Wholesale Billing: ABS rates and generates Wholesale Billing information for use with an external accounting system such as Peach Tree or Quicken for creating Wholesale Invoices.
• Carrier Comparison Reports: Used for comparing 2 or more Carriers Rates for rate analysis. These reports can also include actual traffic in the analysis to show which carrier mix would provide them the best benefit.
• Departmental and Agent/Reseller Billing. ABS has the ability to create multiple departmental and agent/reseller billing skews.
• Profit and Loss Reports: ABS generates reports that show actual margin by rating each Wholesale/Retail CDR along with its corresponding carrier rates.
• LCR Build: Used for creating LCR data for loading into switching systems that support complex LCR landscapes.
• Route Optimization Report: ABS reports route errors by showing the most effective route changes. This report will help companies that don't have intelligent routing capabilities by helping them to maximize and optimize their routes.
• Hourly Report: ABS generates an hourly report that lists all carriers, wholesalers, and Retail Groups side-by-side by hour, including how many minutes they completed and the associated ASR.
• Generic CDR Import: ABS allows users to import external CDRs by matching them against the "Generic" CDR format. Convert programs can also be made available to convert external CDRs into ABS if needed.
• FTP CDR Export: ABS can be configured to programmatically ftp CDRs to clients ftp sites. CDRs can also be emailed to specific email addresses.
• Report Scheduler: Most of the reports generated in ABS can be scheduled to be emailed or ftp'ed to one or more clients. ABS utilizes the concept of "pushing" information and reports to targeted users instead of requiring users to access ABS for the needed data.

ABS 100 Rate Options

ABS incorporates a very powerful and versatile rating capability. All of the Rates within ABS are managed using MS-Excel Spread Sheets. If you can manage Excel Spread Sheets, you will be able to configure and mange rates for the ABS 100 system. 

ABS 100 supports the following Rate Options:

• VoIP OnNet Rating. ABS 100 supports rating CDRs that Originated/Terminated on a OnNet VoIP Network or service.
• PayPhone Surcharge: You can assign different Payphone Surcharges by Originating State Code
• Inbound DID/800: You can assign different Inbound 800 Rates by Lata, Tier (1-6), and Originating Traffic Type (Interstate/Intrastate) and also charge for originating DIDs.
• Ten Digit Rating: You can assign different Rates by defining a Terminating 7 to 10 Digit Number and by the Terminating Traffic Type (Interstate/Intrastate)
• NXX Rating: You can assign different Rates for a specific Terminating Prefix (NXX) and by the Terminating State and Traffic Type (Interstate/Intrastate). This rate option will normally be use for NPA-555-XXXX dialing for Directory Assistance.
• NPANXX Rating: You can assign different Rates for a specific Terminating NPANXX and by the Terminating Traffic Type (Interstate/Intrastate)
• NPANXX Exchanges. You can specify a range of NPA and/or NXX ranges
• NPA Rating: You can assign different Rates for a specific Terminating NPA and by the Terminating Tier (1-6) and Traffic Type (Interstate/Intrastate)
• Lata Tier Rating: You can assign the 6-Tier Rates for a specific Terminating Lata and by the Terminating Traffic Type (Interstate/Intrastate)
• Lata OCN Rating: You can assign different Rates for a specific Terminating Lata- OCN and by the Terminating Traffic Type (Interstate/Intrastate)
• State Tier Rating: You can assign the 6-Tier Rates for a specific Terminating State Code and by the Terminating Traffic Type (Interstate/Intrastate)
• State Code Rating: You can assign different Rates for a specific Terminating State Code and by the Terminating Tier and Traffic Type (Interstate/Intrastate)
• International Rating: You can assign different Rates for a specific Terminating International Country Code and/or multiple combinations of City Codes.

ABS also allows for the user to pre-define OCN-Tier Number Assignments. Assigning OCN-Tier Numbers is optional. ABS will have previously assigned all of the currently loaded NPANXX's to a 6-Tier number.

Screenshots

The following images are samples of the ABS 100 system. The GUI form used for the ABS 100 system can be controled and limited on a per-user basis. You can restrict users to be able to View, Add, Modify or Delete on each form individually. The GUI form also incorporate a intelligent field editing capability to ensure that each required field is populated and that all fields are populated with valid data. 

(ABS 100 Main Menu, Get CDRs, Multiple Forms, NPANXX, Rate CDRs, Rate Sheet Loader, Report Scheduler, Switch Definition, Trunk Group, ABS 100 System Diagram Flow Chart) 

ABS 100 Main Menu Form

Get CDRs

Multiple Forms

NPANXX

Rate CDRs

Rate Sheet Loader

Report Scheduler

Switch Definition

ABS 100 System Diagram