VBS and VNS solutions elevate control to business users and deliver critical functions for increasingly policy-dependent communications industry

London, United Kingdom—October 25, 2011—Volubill, the leading provider of charging and policy solutions, today launched Volubill Business System (VBS) and Volubill Network System (VNS). Two integrated policy management, enforcement and real-time charging systems for communications service providers (CSPs), which will allow business decision makers greater control in the creation and management of new mobile data pricing strategies within increasingly complex networks.

• VBS, the policy and charging system, provides a range of functions for business and marketing teams so that CSPs can become more profitable. It enables CSPs to capture larger market shares with segmented plans, while controlling underlying network resources, service access and resource selection to minimize capacity costs, ease congestion and deliver against subscriber service level agreements (SLA).
  
  
• VNS is a network element specifically designed for mobile and broadband service providers to optimize network resources and maximize profitability with active traffic management, charging and policy enforcement capabilities on a per-subscriber basis. It is 3GPP PCEF compliant and interoperates with policy management and charging systems to enable operators to segment and enforce broadband services by parameters such as usage limits, application and quality of service (QoS). 

With mobile data traffic set to increase 26-fold by the end of 2012, and the cost-per-megabyte to deliver that data steadily increasing, static data pricing models are not viable business model for CSPs.  The solution lies in using more sophisticated traffic management and pricing concepts, such as prioritizing application types, rewarding customer loyalty with higher quality access, or effectively applying centralized policy and charging rules across multiple networks.

"When operators first tried to solve the capacity crunch a few years ago, they didn't know how to leverage policy and charging technologies to find a true solution,” said John Aalbers, Volubill CEO. “Today, operators have evolved their strategy and policy and charging have become central to their long term success, but alternative data pricing concepts escalate operational complexity and require much tighter integration of policy and charging. With VBS and VNS, we are giving operators the tools they need for the next stage of innovation."

VBS and VNS can be applied independently to fill specific gaps in CSPs' existing architectures, or together to provide a complete network-to-business integrated policy and real-time charging system.

Additional Resources:

• Download additional materials on the Volubill Business System and Volubill Network System Frameworks.
• Read why Gartner's recent Hype Cycle Reports called Volubill's integrated policy and charging platforms highly important for enabling CSPs to "employ more granular policy mechanisms at the application, service and network level to control entitlements, realize higher margins (through differential pricing of applications and services) and to manage customer experience."
• Read about the alternatives to current mobile data pricing and traffic management strategies in this Telesperience Research Report.

About Volubill
Volubill provides policy management, policy enforcement and charging solutions to telecommunications service providers. With the exponential growth in the volume of mobile data traffic and increasing customer expectation, Volubill’s solutions enable operators to maximize revenues, and eliminate revenue leakage and fraud whilst delivering a personalized service experience. Volubill is global, with over 80 operator customers worldwide.

Further Information
Volubill
Martine Naughton
Head of Marketing
Email: martine.naughton@volubill.com
Tel: +44 7879 441304

March Communications
Sarah Love / Nate Hubbell
Email: Volubill@marchpr.com
Tel: +1 617 960 9881