Telecom Billing Blog

Order to Activate in Telecom TimelyBill OSS helps automate telecom provisioning to a variety of devices. A typical provisioning process starts with a new order.  The order then triggers a sequence of steps, and ultimately ends with an activated service. Our software also enables communications service providers (CSPs) to design custom provisioning plans which execute up to 10 different provisioning methods, including: Activating services Suspending services Resuming services Terminating services Each provisioning method can contain unlimited steps, to any number of devices.  During the process, TimelyBill is able to variable populate data from both services and customers. Other TimelyBill provisioning features and capabilities: Cisco / BroadSoft platform integration Configurable REST Actions  ↗️ AWS, NetSapiens  ↗️, Metaswitch, Genband, Sansay and others... SQL, Telnet, LDAP, HTTP, FTP Terminal Emulation Telnet, FTP, HTTP, emulation, SQL, LDAP, command line, or email Legacy

TimelyBill Continues Expansion with New Data Center Option in Las Vegas TimelyBill today announced a new data center option on the West Coast of the United States, in Las Vegas, to meet the growing demand for the TimelyBill OSS platform. The additional hosting location prepares TimelyBill for the next phase of growth. TimelyBill will now be serving up their latest release via Switch’s data center located in Las Vegas. Touting themselves as “the most advanced data centers on the planet, Switch’s Tier 5® / Class 5® Platinum facility leads the way offering the newest Tier 5 classification standards.  “We are adding the new hosting location in response to our rapid expansion,” said Michael Lates, Chief Executive Officer at TimelyBill. “Our billing platform can scale to support large enterprise service providers while also providing a ramp up to our full SaaS offering.”   The expansion into the PST time zone meets a critical milestone in the execution of the TimelyBill business plan. Instea

Telecom Revenue Management TimelyBill's Dunning and Collections Modules In most cases, customers will pay their bills before the specified due date. However, there may be customers who do not pay their bills. In this case, service providers must take some action to rectify the situation and collect the outstanding balance owed. The collections process tracks past due account receivables, sends notifications to the customer, and triggers actions in the absence of payments after a specific due date. Dunning management is the process of communicating with customers to ensure the collection of subscription-related fees via letters or emails. TimelyBill supports dunning at the account level whereby all overdue amounts for an account, across several invoices, can be handled by a single dunning action. With just a little configuration, organizations can: Trigger email reminders to customers Create letters for printing Perform autom