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| Different customers have different needs. Photo by Jenny Downing (cc) |
As
different uses of data roaming are still expanding rapidly,
telecommunications companies (telcos) and other operators need different
ways to provide the best value to their customers. Price and the
maximum data quota offered are not the best or the only ways to compete.
Customer loyalty can be achieved with customized offers that make the
customer feel that this service is provided just to him or her. Because
of this, customers want to optimize their data roaming use with flexible
pricing and a telco needs to address these demands.
Radiator can be used to create these kind of solutions with data plans - a monthly subscription to a service that delivers database content, real-time data, news or other information. For different kind of data plans, advanced policy and charging support is needed. In this blog Radiator is being used to create different kind of data plans for different kind of customers.
Different data plan settings for different customers
In the basic setup, the customer’s device interacts with operator’s border network gateway (BNG) - for example a router. The BNG interacts in it’s with Radiator Radius that gets customer’s data plan from operator’s other systems. This is how we have done things for our customers many times over.
However, there are more modern ways to do create data plans for customers. Another advantage that is gained with Radiator, is possibility for deep packet inspection (DPI). With DPI it is possible to create advanced data plans. Advanced data plans can for example include reserved quota for certain services (such as Spotify or others) that you can market to your customers. Another typical use for advanced data plans is dividing data quota between different SIMs - then the data can be divided between different members of family.
For telco or other service provider the advantage is scalability - differentiated data plans can be done with greater ease. See the picture below for the configuration that can be adjusted to your needs.
The right solutions for you is Radiator Policy and Charging Support. Please contact our sales team sales ( a t ) radiatorsoftware.com
Same need in your own network?
