Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Next-Generation Bill: Commercial and Technical Strategies to their offering. The Next-Generation Bill: commercial and technical strategies examines the changing role of the bill in the next-generation world from the perspective of three different groups of telecoms service users: residential subscribers and small businesses; corporate customers; and wholesale customers (including network and content partners).

For each group, the report explains the extent to which fixed, mobile and converged service providers’ billing propositions meet customers’ real requirements in terms of account structures, product and service packages and bundles, payment options, level of detail, design, and delivery mechanisms. Bi-directional and multi-directional charging and payments, tariff structures, and the enabling technologies required to create and deliver optimal next-generation bills are analysed. The report also shows how providing a better billing and payment experience for customers can help to meet service providers’ commercial objectives.

The Next-Generation Bill: commercial and technical strategies answers key questions:

- Do I really know what customers want or am I assuming what they want based on legacy thinking?

- What does each type of customer want from bills and how does meeting their needs fulfil my commercial goals?

- How can I use bills to improve loyalty, increase service take-up and reduce costs?

- How can I use better billing to combat my competitors – particularly new retail competitors?

- How does technology enable me to achieve these goals and what technology should I be investing in?

- What are other service providers doing and how has investing in key technologies helped them to become more competitive?

- Are there things I could do quickly and easily, and without a substantial investment, to improve my customers’ billing experience?

Who should read this report
Telecoms service providers: corporate strategy executives, legal and public affairs personnel and BSS/OSS operations managers can understand the opportunity presented by the next-generation bill, the consequences of getting it wrong and how getting it right can support commercial goals.

BSS and OSS vendors: product development managers can discover what the key buying points are for operators and understand how to provide the best value for customers.

Regulators: can understand the ways billing and payment are going to change, the key issues that need to be addressed to protect customers – in particular, vulnerable groups such as children – and the vital role that regulators can play to ensure clearer pricing.

Systems integrators: business development managers can understand key investment patterns, new architectures and the way technology can be used to meet service providers’ commercial goals.

Companies mentioned in the Next-Generation Bill: Commercial and Technical Strategies report include:
- BassetLabs
- BT Mobile
- Carphone Warehouse
- Convergys
- Deutsche Telekom
- Formula Telecom Systems (FTS)
- Globe Telecom
- Highdeal
- ICCS
- KTF
- LogicaCMG
- Martin Dawes
- NTL
- NTT DoCoMo
- Opal Telecom
- Ryder Systems
- Siemens
- SkyTalk
- SubexAzure
- TalkTalk
- Telarix
- Telecom NZ
- Telenet
- Telewest
- Telkomsel
- uSwitch

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43922

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