Nokia has announced it has started deploying its Converged Charging (NCC) software for Vodafone in multiple European countries, leveraging a cloud-based agile delivery model that enables rating and charging for 5G services and enhances product and services delivery to customers.
NCC operates as a containerised network function in a 5G standalone environment and allows Vodafone to tap new revenue streams from 5G services, including network slicing and flexible product offerings.
Deployment spans several Vodafone markets in Europe, including the UK and Italy, and drives next-generation charging standardised across Vodafone networks and provides real-time rating and charging capabilities; it represents a full migration from legacy charging to 5G-ready methods.
NCC allows communication service providers to quickly and efficiently create and launch new services to market with intuitive, drag-and-drop functionality. It is highly configurable and gives Vodafone the capacity to utilise the solution to fit consumer, enterprise and new business models.
“5G enables many new services and with this new system, new ways to charge for them,” said Alberto Ripepi, Chief Network Officer of Vodafone. “By leveraging the scale of our pan-European and African networks, we can help customers manage factory equipment, open developer marketplaces using our APIs and enable enterprises to offer bespoke products to their own customers.”
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