AOL Chooses Highdeal Transactive for Pricing and Rating of VoIP Consumer Services.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Highdeal Transactive(R) the world's leading pricing and rating software suite for mobile, IP and multimedia services has been selected to support AOL's recently launched consumer VoIP service - AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Phone(R). AOL Germany is one of Germany's leading Internet companies and part of the world's biggest media company Time Warner. As part of its strategy, AOL Germany took the decision to broaden its product portfolio by introducing IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. services for the German residential market. Compared to other German service providers, the new service is set to deliver a sophisticated and easy to set up VoIP solution. In addition, AOL Phone enables consumers to save enormously on their phone costs compared to other classic telco providers. This offer is available to existing AOL subscribers as well as to all customers using another Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ). To launch their service, AOL required a flexible pricing and rating engine that enabled the creation of versatile price plans. AOL was also looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a solution to rapidly deploy offers in line with market demands, while also having the flexibility to easily accommodate future offers built into the product portfolio. Highdeal Transactive's robust software suite easily met these requirements enabling the delivery of advanced, complex tariff structures, while addressing cost and payment control for the end user. "Highdeal Transactive's 'decision tree' technology was very appealing, as it provided high flexibility and performance. Being able to use a single rating engine for all different payment and price plans tipped the scales in favor of Highdeal," said Jens Pape, Vice President Technology & Operations, AOL Germany. He added, "In order to reach high customer loyalty and ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. , the ability to create flexible price plans and rate for convergent services were absolutely critical." AOL Germany's offers include a complex service mix providing different payment mechanisms. The pricing also takes into account calls to specific numbers, such as 0800 numbers, or calls between AOL Phone customers. The offers launched are as follows: --AOL Phone Fun Tariff: a pay-as-you-go price plan with no subscription for AOL ISP customers, installation costs or contractual commitment. Local calls are billed at 1.5 cents per minute and international calls from 4.5 cents per minute --AOL Phone FreeWeekend: a EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 6,90 monthly subscription which includes free local calls over the weekend and nationwide bank holiday with weekday use charged at the 'Fun Tariff' offer --AOL PhoneFlat: EUR 19,90 monthly subscription includes unlimited calls to German fixed networks (calls to mobiles and abroad are charged) Due to its modular design In the context of systems engineering, modular design — or "modularity in design" — is an approach aiming to subdivide a system into smaller parts (modules) that can be independently created and then used in different systems to drive multiple functionalities. , Highdeal Transactive is easily integrated into the billing system as an add-on component to AOL's existing back-office architecture. An important prerequisite for Highdeal Transactive was the integration with the residential communication solution from NetCentrex which is used to manage the AOL's VoIP calls. Due to their open architectures, Highdeal Transactive and the NetCentrex softswitch were seamlessly pre-integrated. Eric Lavenir, Vice President Sales EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. from Highdeal: "We are assisting ISPs like AOL in Germany to create revenues and successfully enter new markets. ISPs and telcos share similar concerns, to secure revenues in a market with significant customer churn. Increased ARPU and constant diversification is key in order to successfully compete in these markets. Highdeal Transactive is specifically designed for next generation services, providing native convergence capabilities for both services and payment mechanisms." About Highdeal: Highdeal is the leading provider of pricing, high performance rating and settlement solutions for broadband and mobile applications and services. Highdeal enables companies offering these services to create and implement successful pricing strategies There are many ways in which the price of a product can be determined. The following are the foremost strategies that businesses are likely to use. Competition-based pricing Setting the price based upon prices of the similar competitor products. in dynamic market environments. With over 100 implementations in more than 40 countries, companies around the world rely on Highdeal for their pricing and rating needs. Highdeal has offices in New York, Paris, London, Munich, Santiago & Sao Paolo. For more information, please visit www.highdeal.com. About AOL Germany: AOL Germany is one of Germany's leading Internet companies and part of the world's biggest media company Time Warner. Each month, AOL Germany reaches more than 7.1 million people (die internet facts der AGOF, 09/04) with its AOL-, CompuServe- and Netscape-branded Internet sites. AOL Germany has around 2.8 million members. As a media platform, AOL is one of the leading online marketing companies in Germany. Founded in 1995, the company is headquartered in Hamburg Hamburg, city, Germany Hamburg (häm`b  rkh), officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg), city (1994 pop. and a staff of
approximately 1,400. With over 30 million members worldwide, AOL is the
world's biggest provider of Internet services.
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