Prepaid services have helped to drive mobile growth by enhancing the basic convenience of a mobile phone with a very simple payment model. Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in particular have been able to exploit new markets with prepaid mobile services. Fixed and prepaid service provides are also in a strong position to extend their revenue opportunities with existing consumers, channels and resellers by adding mobile services to their portfolio. The DIGITALK Multiservice Platform enables prepaid mobile calling and messaging to be deployed with highly flexible pricing models and value-added feature support, including voicemail. Prepaid mobile services can also be combined with Broadband Telephony and Prepaid Residential services on the one platform to enable a fully convergent service.

BENEFITS

The benefits of prepaid mobile calling to new and existing service providers include:

• Access new mobile calling opportunities for new or existing customer base
• Exploit mobile call margin opportunities, particularly for international calling
• Offer a highly competitive fixed-mobile service combination
• Simple subscriber acquisition for additional revenues
• Full prepaid revenue protection

FEATURES

Features of DIGITALK’s Prepaid Mobile capability include:

• Integrated prepaid charging for voice and messaging
• Value-added features such as voicemail deposit and retrieval
• Highly sophisticated charging options, including add-on voice and messaging bundles
• Package payment with voucher or credit card
• Voucher purchase through IVR, web and SMS
• Package discounts can be linked to top-up values
• Single balance for fixed and mobile calling, including IP telephony