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Prepaid Wireless Technology and Services

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Duration: 1 - 2 days

Prerequisites: Understanding of basic wireless principles

Objectives:

At the conclusion of the workshop the student will be able to:

Understand technologies supporting prepay wireless
Identify the target markets and business issues for prepay wireless
Understand the systems and functional alternatives to deploying prepay wireless
Understand challenges and opportunities in deploying prepaid wireless data
Identify the major prepay wireless players and their strategies
Identify the future direction of wireless prepay technology and business opportunities

Course Outline:

1. Course introduction

2. The prepay market

2.1. Why prepay?

2.1.1. Convenience to end user

2.1.2. Cost of acquisition to carrier

2.1.3. Fraud reduction for carrier

2.1.4. Carrier reaches new target markets

2.2. Target markets

2.2.1. Credit challenged

2.2.2. Temporary and infrequent use

2.2.3. Anonymity market

2.2.4. Cost control

2.2.5. Others

3. Background information – technologies behind prepay

3.1. Networks nodes

3.2. Mobile network signaling

3.3. Roaming in mobile networks

3.4. GSM specific: SIM, SMS, and USSD

3.5. IN and database interaction

4. Functional characteristics of prepay systems

4.1. Provisioning and replenishment

4.1.1. Card distribution

4.1.2. Point of sale support

4.1.3. Other replenishment mechanisms

4.2. Customer care

4.3. Call processing

4.3.1. Database

4.3.2. Rating engine

4.3.3. Account management

4.3.4. Alerting and call control

4.4. Integration with other wireless network systems

5. Technical approaches to prepay

5.1. Real-time vs. non real-time processing

5.2. Solution approaches

5.2.1. Handset based

5.2.2. Service node based

5.2.3. IN based

6. Prepay issues

6.1. Cost of acquisition

6.2. Service rates

6.3. Roaming

6.4. Churn and replenishment

6.5. Services and differentiation

7. Billing alternatives

7.1. Postpaid vs. prepay service

7.2. Prepay vs. account spending limit solutions

7.3. Third party payment

8. Prepaid wireless data

8.1. GPRS

8.2. SMS

8.3. WLAN

9. Business and market issues

9.1. Distribution alternatives

9.1.1. Carriers

9.1.2. Resellers

9.1.3. MVNOs

9.2. Opportunities for prepay growth

9.2.1. Non-voice services growth

9.3. Financial valuation of prepay vs. postpaid services

9.4. Threats to prepay

9.4.1. Migration to postpaid plans

9.4.2. Throwaway phones

10. Implementation and operational issues

10.1. Intellectual property issues

10.2. Network monitoring

10.3. Fraud

10.4. Mobile number portability

10.5. Dealing with intermediaries

11. Industry players and direction of industry

11.1. Representative industry players

11.1.1. Infrastructure and solutions

11.1.1.1. Lightbridge

11.1.1.2. HP

11.1.1.3. Lucent

11.1.1.4. Ericsson

11.1.2. SIM

11.1.2.1. GemPlus

11.1.2.2. Schlumberger

11.1.3. Service bureaus

11.1.3.1. Boston Communications Group

11.1.3.2. VeriSign Telecommunications

11.2. Industry direction

11.2.1. Prepaid wireless data

11.2.2. Stored value

11.2.3. Prepaid mobile commerce

11.2.4. Integration with other systems such as location technology

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