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Convergent charging and billing (also known as convergent charging, converged charging and convergent billing), is a solution in the telecommunications industry that enables common management of all users and all services for operators.〔OSS/BSS analyst, May 2006, http://www.comptel.com/content/PDF/OBA052906.pdf?from=4487384376887653〕〔European Communications September 2006, http://www.eurocomms.com/features/111343/Convergent_online_charging_-_The_value_of_a_unified_view.html〕〔Ericsson Review Magazine No 1, 2009 Article by Robert Törnkvist and Ralph Schubert, http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/corpinfo/publications/review/2009_01/files/Charging.pdf〕 It includes convergence of payment methods like prepaid and postpaid,〔〔Ericsson Review Magazine No 1, 2009, Article by Robert Törnkvist and Ralph Schubert, http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/corpinfo/publications/review/2009_01/files/Charging.pdf〕〔Light Reading, June 2007, http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/document.asp?doc_id=125681〕〔Vanilla Plus, October 2008, http://www.vanillaplus.com/downloads/expert-opinions4.pdf〕〔Ovum, Cynthia Leung, Senior Analyst, http://www.ovum.com/go/content/c,73480〕 as well as access methods and services like fixed telephony, mobile telephony, broadband and TV.〔〔〔〔Vanilla Plus, October 2006, http://www.vanillaplus.com/downloads/expert-opinions4.pdf〕 ==Characteristics== Characteristics attributed to a convergent charging & billing system include support for multiple service types such as voice, data, multimedia and content,〔 support for bundling of services,〔European Communications, September 2006, http://www.eurocomms.com/features/111343/Convergent_online_charging_-_The_value_of_a_unified_view.html〕〔 and the ability to create a single bill and statement for all communications services including fixed, mobile, broadband and TV.〔 A converged charging system is described as having the ability to control services and manage balances in real-time. This includes, for example, authenticating the subscriber and checking the account balance before service delivery to the end user.〔〔 A converged charging system can also notify users when the account balance threshold set by the operator is reached, or terminate service connectivity when real-time charging indicates that credit has been depleted.〔〔 This real-time capability can be used to deliver promotions and notifications to service users to stimulate usage.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Convergent charging」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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