Rating and billing consists of loading usage records, calculating their charges and applying them to an invoice.
This is done through the following processes:
Validing
CDRs
CDR = call detail record. This is a formatted string of information within a file that is supplied by a service provider. It contains the details of a call (such as service number, originating number, call start time, terminating number, etc.). Formats for CDR files vary by service provider.
Applying charges to the CDRs
Re-rating CDRs
Creating call summary information
Initiate billing (by calculating new invoice balances)
Re-billing customers and/or billing groups for an invoice cycle
Testing rate plan scenarios on line
For details, see: