Viettel successfully develops Online Charging System
The military-run telecom group Viettel on June 1 announced it has successfully run its Online Charging System 3.0 (vOCS 3.0) after six years of hard work and many failed attempts.
The team of Viettel staff that successfully developed Online Charging System 3.0 (vOCS 3.0). (Photo: Viettel)
Hanoi(VNA) – The military-run telecom group Viettel on June 1 announced it hassuccessfully run its Online Charging System 3.0 (vOCS 3.0) after six years ofhard work and many failed attempts.
According toViettel, it has developed the vOCS that enables operators to capture the fullrevenue potential through the provision of advanced data services, targetedpromotions and relevant incentives to prepaid subscribers across Massaging,Voice, Data, Content, Media and more since 2011.
Viettel’sreal-time solution is able to manage 24 million subscribers per site, doublingthe capacity of the world’s current largest billing system. It is estimatedthat it will help the firm save more than 70 million USD in cost.
The vOCS 3.0 hasbeen catering for about 140 million prepaid mobile subscribers across TimorLeste, Cameroon, Burundi, Tanzania, Peru and including 90 million subscribersin Vietnam. It made Viettel one of the world’s largest OCS suppliers, amongAmdocs, Ericson and Huawei.
The firm plansto operate the system in all of its international markets and sell it to otheroperators worldwide.
It is part ofthe company’s goal to be among Top 3 telecom equipment providers of the globe.
The vOCS 3.0won Silver Prize for the Most Innovative IT Service at the IT World Award whichwill take place in San Francisco, the US, on June 26.-VNA
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The team of Viettel staff that successfully developed Online Charging System 3.0 (vOCS 3.0). (Photo: Viettel) 
