Is Ims Billing Simplifying Billing?

Publication Date	January 2007
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	10
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00310

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Summary

3GPP has been setting up standards that aim to support the billing of IMS services. These standards have been gradually enhanced, and have moved from the initial goal, which consisted of developing billing for IMS services, to being the foundation of a rethink of the billing system a telco will be running in the future. The purpose of this report is not only to evaluate the impact of these new standards on the industry, but also to examine how these standards will be implemented, and at what speed.

Content

Why do I need a specific billing system for IMS services?
What is IMS billing?
Which components are specified by the 3GPP IMS standards?
Is it really simplifying anything?
Is advertising funding affecting IMS billing needs?
What is the development scenario for IMS billing network elements?
- Phase 1: deployment of Diameter-based interfaces in the offline charging system
- Phase 2: mediation deployment phase
- Phase 3: online charging deployment phase
- Phase 4 (conditional): the IMS offline charging system
Vendor market opportunity
Table of figures
- Figure 1 3GPP IMS billing system standards
- Figure 2 Development of the IMS billing market
- Figure 3 Anticipated IMS developments in the billing ecosystem
- Figure 4 Estimated IMS billing market, 2006-2012