Alcatel-Lucent E nd-to-E nd IP Wirel ess-Broa dband Solu tion 11
Service enablers
TheAlcatel-LucentEnd-to-EndIPWireless-Broadband
SolutionforWiMAXprovidesthetoolstosupportboth
yourinitialservicerollouttoday(typical lyhigh-speed
Internetandvoice)andlaythegroundworkforrapid
launch of mobile multimedia services whenever the business
opportunitycallsforit.TheAlcatel-Lucent8610Instant
Convergent Charging software suite enables flexible options
forgrowingasubscriberbase:prepaidaccounts(scratch
cardorvoucher),instantonlinesign-up,aswellastradi-
tional post-paid accounts from its onset. For existing
operators, it allows federation of all charging platforms
intoasingleeasy-to-managedatabase,loweringOPEX.
Thereal-timechargingplatformalsoallowsoperatorsto
reduceOPEXoncustomer-carecallcenters,withWeb-
basedself-care.Thispaymentsystemisreadyforservice
evolution to interactive media and Web-based self-service,
andtheAlcatel-LucentEnd-to-EndIPWireless-Broad-
bandSolutionroadmapincludesfutureoptionstointroduce
content-based charging.