Archive for Oracle BRM
Oracle has released OBRM 7.5
Oracle Corporation has released a new version of Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 7.5 (Oracle BRM 7.5.) The following modules are included in this release: Balance Management Balance Monitoring Billing Convergent Subscriber Management Financial Management Order Inventory Framework In-memory data management capabilities that integrate Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management with Oracle In-Memory Database Cache Invoicing [...]
Read moreOracle Advanced Queuing and Oracle BRM
In our last article, Integrating Oracle BRM with enterprise applications, we explained one way of implementing a BRM-to-CRM integration. The suggested solution was to build a connector on the BRM side and have it connect to a third-party application. However, it is also possible to take a different approach by using Oracle Advanced Queuing, which [...]
Read moreReal-time rating with Oracle BRM
Nowdays, more and more companies would like to employ AAA GW real-time rating, yet they are faced with many questions. In this article, some of these will be answered, conventional batch rating will be contrasted with realtime rating, and some benefits of the latter will be shown. In conventional batch rating, all event data are [...]
Read moreOur Entry into the Oracle Openworld Call for Papers 2011
We’ve applied to the Oracle OpenWorld call for papers with the following: Lessons Learned Over 4 Years of Realtime Convergence with Oracle BRM Tusmobil, the third largest mobile operator in Slovenia, has used Oracle BRM 7.3 since 2007 for realtime convergent charging of voice, video telephony, SMS, MMS, GPRS, and other VAS services for both [...]
Read moreOracle BRM 7.3 database
The Oracle BRM database consists of many tables. In this article, the most important ones are presented and described. Underneath, a picture of the Oracle BRM 7.3. data model has been added. In the database, account/customer related data such as names, addresses, profiles, current account balances, group charge sharing, and account hierarchy are stored. Deals [...]
Read moreEmploying JBoss SOA Platform to Integrate Oracle BRM with Third Party Systems
To continue the story about the notification events integration of Oracle BRM, we will present the integration of Oracle BRM with the JBoss 5.0.2GA Enterprise SOA Platform, which is being used as middleware in a mid-sized mobile operator company. Prior to this notification events integration, we had also used JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform to integrate [...]
Read moreIntegrating Oracle BRM with enterprise applications
In this post, we will talk about the enterprise application integration (EAI) framework manager, which provides a way to integrate Oracle BRM with other enterprise applications. The EAI manager ensures data synchronization across applications in your enterprise and avoids data duplication among applications. In short, it works like the Telco Framework Manager provisioning process: A [...]
Read moreOracle BRM billing process
First, let’s take a look at an overall picture of what the Oracle BRM billing process does: Compiles the total amount of balance impacts that have occurred in the past month. This can include usage fees and subscription fees. Changes the status of all the bill items associated with the bill from pending to open [...]
Read moreClosed User Groups (CUG) in Oracle BRM
So, what is a closed user group? It is a virtual group of accounts/subscribers connected to each other by sharing the same profile attribute or by having something else in common. Members of this group can have calls among them rated differently from other calls – for example, by their being given a special discount. [...]
Read moreTroubleshooting the BRM Pipeline Start Up
Issue 1 To see if all the pipelines are up, use this command: »pss | grep ifw«. The output should look like this: $ pss | grep ifw pin 18601 18486 0 10:48:02 pts/0 00:00 /opt/portal/pin/bin/dm_ifw_sync pin 24721 1 0 11:53:28 pts/0 01:00 bin/ifw -r ./custom/conf/dia_1_P.reg pin 18603 18486 0 10:48:02 pts/0 00:00 /opt/portal/pin/bin/dm_ifw_sync pin [...]
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