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1、AccountingandBillingofWirelessInternetServicesintheThirdGenerationNetworks1222PäiviKallio,GiovanniCortese,RobertoTiella,AlessandroZorer1VTTElectronics,Kaitoväylä1,90571Oulu,FinlandTel.:+358400963214Fax:+35885512320eMail:paivi.kallio@vtt.fi2SodaliaS.p.A,ViaVale
2、ntinaZambran.1,38100Trento,ItalyTel.;+390461316111Fax:+390461316663eMail:{cortese,tiella,zorer}@sodalia.itAbstract.ThedevelopmentofthewirelessInternetmarketanditsstructureisdrivenbydifferingindustryfundamentalsandtherevenuederivedfromcontentandcontent-relateds
3、ervicesisexpectedtoincreasesignificantlyforallactorswithinthewirelessindustry.Providingflexibleandscalableaccountingandbillingsystemswillbeessentialforsuccesswhenofferingwirelessservicestoendcustomers.Thewirelessserviceprovidershavedifficultiesinbillingtheircu
4、stomersduetotheirinabilitytoassociatecustomertransactionswithnetworkusage,correlatedatafrommultiplesourcesandflexiblysupporttheemergingbillingmodels.Inthispaperanaccountingandbillingmodelforthetwowire-lessservicesispresented.Theevaluationoftheservicesprovedtha
5、tthenumberofrolesandpartnersinthewirelessservicesishugeandthatsolutionslikeac-countingagentsandbillingmediationserversareneededfortrackingcustomertransactionsanddirectingtheaccountingandbillingbetweenthepartners.Keywords:Accounting,billing,wireless,Internet1.I
6、ntroductionDifferingindustryfundamentalshavebeendrivingthedevelopmentofthewirelessInternetmarketanditsstructureinEurope,USAandJapan.InEuropetheairinter-facestandardsareuniform,thenetworkqualityisgoodandmessagingishighlyusedandfixed-lineInternetrelativelyhighly
7、used.Therevenuederivedfromcontentandcontent-relatedservicesisexpectedtoin-creasesignificantlyforallactorswithinboththewirelessandInternetProtocol(IP)industries,and,therefore,awell-formulatedbusinessmodelwillgiveacompetitiveadvantageovertheotherwirelesscompanie
8、s[1].Theincreasednumberofactorsinthewirelessvaluechainisfacedwiththefollowingchallenges:·Agrowingcomplexityofinteroperabilityamongproviders’serviceelements.·Settlingrevenuethrougho
