A2Billing Features

A2Billing Features list

All of the A2Billing Switch and Billing Systems have the following features, and there may be more as A2billing can be blended with other applications to create innovative and profitable telecoms services.

Customer Management

  • Add Customers
  • Generate numbers of customer and calling cards
  • Prepaid and post-paid customers
  • Flexible Auto Account debit
  • Auto Refill
  • Credit Limit notifications by email
  • Bulk updates to customers
  • Multiple expiry options for cards
  • Percentage discounts on a per customer basis
  • Customer history and CRM
  • Customer Grouping
  • Import from legacy calling card platforms
  • Customer Trouble Tickets and support management
  • Multi Currency support
  • Mass Mail delivery with customer grouping
  • Customisable mail templates for customer actions and events
  • Call recording

VoIP CPE Options

  • IAX2 and SIP Protocol supported
  • SIP over TCP for Microsoft OCS supported on request
  • Flexible VoIP Authentication methods:-
    • Username and password
    • IP Authentication
    • 5+ digit prefix authentication
  • Caller ID Manipulation
  • Multiple Codecs
  • Multiple VoIP CPE per customer account

Call-through, Calling Card and Call-back services

  • PIN Authentication
  • Caller ID authentication
  • Auto Provisioning
  • Attach Caller ID to Card automatically
    • Flexible IVR
    • Balance IVR
    • Rate to Destination
    • Time available to call to destination
    • Custom Prompts
  • Multi-language Support
  • Caller ID Delivery
  • Call-back A and B leg Billing
  • Web, DID and ANI based call-back
  • Follow on calls
  • Caller ID manipulation via IVR
  • Speed Dials
  • Last number dialled

Traffic Reporting

  • Detailed CDR
  • Margin and Mark-up per call
  • Export to XML or CSV format
  • Detailed reporting:-
    • Calls by User & by Destination
    • Statistics by Trunk
      • ASR (Average Seize Ratio)
      • ALOC (Average Length of Call)
      • CIC (Consecutive Incomplete Calls
      • Total Calls
    • Reports based on DNID
    • Profit and Loss reports
    • Daily traffic reporting with Graphing
    • Monthly Traffic comparison
  • Detailed Dashboard giving at a glance statistic:-
    • Customer Info
    • Refill Information on time periods
    • Payment info by Month
    • Daily Call information

Rating Engine

  • Selection of Rates based on Least Cost Routing or Least Cost Dialling
  • Automatic selection of route across multiple carriers
  • Carrier rates for Carrier reconciliation and accounting
  • Sell Rates with multiple options, including stepped billing
  • Bulk import of Rates
  • Rate simulator
  • Easy updating of existing rates via the merge facility
  • Detailed searching, and bulk updates of rates
  • LCR Export facility
  • Rate Simulator
  • Selection of Rate-card based on:-
    • DNID
    • Caller ID

Supported Trunks

  • VoIP Trunks:-
    • SIP
    • IAX
    • H323 (on application)
  • Line Cards
    • Analogue
    • PRI
    • BRI
    • GSM
  • Failover Trunk
  • Capacity Limits, with Failover
  • Provider Grouping for carrier reconciliation

DID Delivery

  • Billing options for DID based on subscription and/or dial out rate
  • Free calls between customers
  • On-Net calling with optional charging
  • DID ingress charges, including minimum charge, connection fee, block billing, per minute
  • Support for Revenue Share Numbers, customer’s account credited when DID called
  • Deliver calls to customers via VoIP or via trunks
  • DHCP endpoints supported
  • Failover destinations
  • Detailed Statistics
  • DID Import Facility
  • DIDX API

Billing, Invoicing & Payments

  • Voucher based top-up system
  • Customer Balance, with Debt control
  • Detailed refill, payment, and transaction logs for customers and agents
  • Multiple online payment methods, including PlugnPay, Paypal and Moneybookers
  • Control and management of manual payments
  • Invoices automatically generated monthly
  • Manual preparation of invoices for ad-hoc payments
  • Package offers, offering free minutes and calls to certain destinations
  • Subscription packages

Agent Functionality

  • Commission agents supported
  • Assign different products to different agents
  • Affiliate web based marketing, for online sign-up
  • Agents have optional management and control over customers
    • View, add create and delete
    • Billing
    • Call Reports
    • Support Tickets
    • Bulk Create
    • Sign-up
    • Customisable sign up screen
  • Credit customer account
  • Purchase Credit from Admin for top-ups

Customer Interface

  • Password Management
  • Aide Memoire for SIP or IAX authentication
  • Call History
  • Payment History
  • Voucher Input
  • Invoice, and invoice payment via online payment provider
  • Top-up online
  • Purchase and manage DID
  • Speed Dials
  • Rate Card display and export
  • Rate simulator
  • Web based call-back
  • Caller ID authentication
  • Generate trouble Ticket
  • Email Notifications for low balance
  • Edit personal Information
  • View and download recorded conversations

On-line Sign-up

  • Customisable sign up screen
  • Sign-up for Subscriptions
  • Restricted customer status for revenue protection
A2Billing Features list
Customer Management
 Add Customers
 Generate numbers of customer and calling cards.
 Prepaid and post-paid customers
 Flexible Auto Account debit
 Auto Refill
 Credit Limit notifications by email
 Bulk updates to customers
 Multiple expiry options for cards.
 Percentage discounts on a per customer basis
 Customer history and CRM
 Customer Grouping
 Import from legacy calling card platforms
 Customer Trouble Tickets and support management
 Multi Currency support
 Mass Mail delivery with customer grouping
 Customisable mail templates for customer actions and events.
 Call recording
VoIP CPE Options
 IAX2 and SIP Protocol supported
 SIP over TCP for Microsoft OCS supported on request.
 Flexible VoIP Authentication methods:-
o Username and password
o IP Authentication
o 5+ digit prefix authentication
 Caller ID Manipulation
 Multiple Codecs
 Multiple VoIP CPE per customer account
Call-through, Calling Card and Call-back services
 PIN Authentication
 Caller ID authentication
 Auto Provisioning
 Attach Caller ID to Card automatically
 Flexible IVR,
o Balance IVR
o Rate to Destination,
o Time available to call to destination
o Custom Prompts
 Multi-language Support
 Caller ID Delivery
 Call-back A and B leg Billing
 Web, DID and ANI based call-back
 Follow on calls
 Caller ID manipulation via IVR
 Speed Dials
 Last number dialled
Traffic Reporting
 Detailed CDR
 Margin and Mark-up per call
 Export to XML or CSV format
 Detailed reporting:-
o Calls by User & by Destination
o Statistics by Trunk
 ASR
 ALOC
 CIC
 Total Calls
o Reports based on DNID
o Profit and Loss reports
o Daily traffic reporting with Graphing
o Monthly Traffic comparison
 Detailed Dashboard giving at a glance statistics
o Customer Info
o Refill Information on time periods
o Payment info by Month
o Daily Call information
Rating Engine
 Selection of Rates based on Least Cost Routing or Least Cost Dialling
 Automatic selection of route across multiple carriers.
 Carrier rates for Carrier reconciliation and accounting.
 Sell Rates with multiple options, including stepped billing
 Bulk import of Rates
 Rate simulator
 Easy updating of existing rates via the merge facility
 Detailed searching, and bulk updates of rates
 LCR Export facility.
 Rate Simulator
 Selection of Rate-card based on:-
o DNID
o Caller ID
Supported Trunks
 VoIP Trunks:-
o SIP
o IAX
o H323 (on application)
 Line Cards
o Analogue
o PRI
o BRI
o GSM
 Failover Trunk
 Capacity Limits, with Failover
 Provider Grouping for carrier reconciliation
DID Delivery
 Billing options for DID based on subscription and/or dial out rate
 Free calls between customers.
 Calls between customers routed directly
 Deliver calls to customers via VoIP or via trunks.
 DHCP endpoints supported
 Failover destinations.
 Detailed Statistics
 DID Import Facility
 DIDX API
Billing, Invoicing & Payments
 Voucher based top-up system
 Customer Balance, with Debt control
 Detailed refill, payment, and transaction logs for customers and agents
 Multiple online payment methods, including PlugnPay, Paypal and Moneybookers
 Control and management of manual payments
 Invoices automatically generated monthly
 Manual preparation of invoices for ad-hoc payments
 Package offers, offering free minutes and calls to certain destinations
 Subscription packages
Agent Functionality
 Commission agents supported
 Assign different products to different agents
 Affiliate web based marketing, for online signup
 Agents have optional management and control over customers
o View, add create and delete
o Billing
o Call Reports
o Support Tickets
o Bulk Create
o Signup
o Customisable sign up screen.
 Credit customer account
 Purchase Credit from Admin for top-ups
Customer Interface
 Password Management
 Aide Memoire for SIP or IAX authentication
 Call History
 Payment History
 Voucher Input
 Invoice, and invoice payment via online payment provider
 Top-up online
 Purchase and manage DID
 Speed Dials
 Rate Card display and export
 Rate simulator
 Web based call-back
 Caller ID authentication
 Generate trouble Ticket
 Email Notifications for low balance
 Edit personal Information
 View and download recorded conversations
 Online Sign-up