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Advantage CABS

Network Access Revenue Assurance

Maximizing your access revenue can mean real profitability for your company.

TeleSphere's Carrier Access Billing Solution

     

Every Cent Counts!

CABS billing is a complex process in an ever-changing regulatory environment. Accuracy is the key to making a secure profit. TeleSphere’s carrier access billing system provides tier-one CABS billing functionality and services for any ILEC or CLEC in the telecommunications industry. Advantage CABS is available as a service bureau, licensed solution or software as a service. Through precision reporting, complete archiving, accessible data, and total operator control; Advantage CABS simplifies the intricate and vital process of carrier access billing and maximizes your company’s revenue.

As a telecommunications provider, every cent of your access revenue counts; with TeleSphere’s Advantage CABS billing solution, you will get the money you deserve!


CABS Simplified

With Advantage CABS licensed solution, the complexity of carrier access billing becomes manageable. TeleSphere’s modern, Microsoft Outlook®-style interface, time-saving wizards, and drop-down menus allow even novice operators to easily use program features and maintain system records. Set-up wizards for new billing companies, new accounts, and new carriers make changes easy.

User Friendly and Efficient

• Microsoft Outlook® style format offers easy access to tasks.

• New billing entities, new carriers, and new accounts can be added using the wizard.

• Reporting Module contains more than 50 standard reports and the ability to create an unlimited number
of custom reports.

• Multiple report formats: PDF, Excel, CSV, Tiff, Web Archive, XML file.

• Mechanized and PDF bills can be automatically delivered via e-mail, FTP, or CD.

Take Control

• Access and manage historical records from accurate and reliable data sources.

• Create analysis scenarios in minutes without affecting live system data.

• Easily run billing and verify accuracy with error-reporting comparisons.

• Provide clear, concise proof to challenge carrier-supplied factors.

• Open-database structure lets you access all of your data.

• Easily calculate adjustments for billing inaccuracies.

• Create or re-create billing statements in minutes.

• Bill multiple periods within the same billing cycle.


Getting Started

Your Experts or Ours?

Whether you process your own access records into $$$ or let the experts at TeleSphere, we will be there every step of the way. TeleSphere’s Advantage CABS and Advantage Mediation Plus provide you with the tools to maximize your revenue - efficiently and accurately. Here is what you can expect when you put your CABS billing in TeleSphere’s capable hands:

Getting to know your business and its needs is essential. Our customer’s interests are held in the highest confidence; and the more we understand your challenges the more we can help you collect additional revenue.

A custom conversion plan is created for each customer. A project manager is assigned to each client and that person will help guide you through the implementation process. We work hand-in-hand with each customer to make the transition as smooth as possible. During the transition extensive analysis of your billing is occurring to see if there are areas that can be improved. We have often found areas of improvement that have resulted in significant revenue gains. TeleSphere strives to make every installation a huge success!

Implementation usually takes about 60 days or less. We setup secure FTP access for your data to make sure it is protected.

Once the transition is complete, we work together to convert your call detail records, billing information, and other
company data into revenue-generating CABS bills that will help make you successful.

Training

• Every customer receives hands-on training to help quickly generate CABS revenue.

• Service Bureau clients are trained to use reporting tools and other application features needed
to utilize CABS data.

• Service Bureau clients can control payments and adjustments or let TeleSphere manage them.

• Licensed clients learn to use all the features of Advantage CABS including TeleSphere’s timesaving
wizards to add new companies, carriers, and accounts.

• Licensed clients learn important techniques to maintain rates and all the other
CABS elements.

• All customers can learn how to create their own reports from their data.


Advantage CABS Service Bureau

Confidence. Trust. Access. At the right price.

With TeleSphere’s Advantage Service Bureau, you’ll get far more than outsourced billing with a big price tag. Our tier-one service and powerful system capabilities provide a value-added, hassle-free Mediation and CABS billing service unique to TeleSphere.

TeleSphere’s Professional Services Group staffs the Advantage Service Bureau. Our CABS experts extensively monitor the volume and traffic from your switch and all outside sources to assure constant security of your bottom line. TeleSphere interfaces with your company and RBOCs/ILECs to make billing less complicated and closely assists you through any audits. Our strong, internal controls and solid audit trail within the software, guarantee you never leave money on the table.

Information Access

Even though the Advantage CABS Service Bureau will manage every detail of your CABS billing process, your company’s information will always be accessible. Our service bureau solution offers secure online, on-demand access to view all of your company’s data using our powerful reporting module and user definable reports.

To find out how TeleSphere’s Advantage CABS Service Bureau can benefit your company, please contact us
at 1-866-TSPHERE (866-877-4373) or sales@telespheresoftware.com


Financial Analysis

Advanced new tools unique to Advantage CABS allow users to quickly and easily report and analyze data
without time-consuming and frustrating complications.

It is simple to monitor usage from wireless carriers and use that knowledge to negotiate realistic rates and revenue
expectations with confidence.

What-If Scenarios

TeleSphere’s tools let you view the financial results of network changes in CABS before you ever begin a project.

You can create multiple analysis scenarios to test possible financial impacts of network planning like changing a remote switch into a concentrator. The software allows you to calculate the impact of mileage gain or loss and the change in termination charges.

Users can analyze the impact of other changes to the system such as factors or rates as easily as running a bill cycle.

Reporting

With secure online access to your data you can view over 50 standard reports or create your own - 24/7.

Advantage CABS uses the most advanced technology to guarantee system dependability and performance. Developed using the latest Microsoft technology, including C#.NET, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Reporting Services, its modern architecture allows users to quickly and dependably find and retrieve information stored in the system.


Industry Leading Technology

With its progressive design, TeleSphere takes CABS billing technology to the next level and helps you manage all of your business needs. The superior archiving system gives users the ability to do advanced data analysis unlike any other system. You can view data in several forms with SQL Server Reporting Services and stay in complete control
of your most valuable revenue stream.

MECAB & SECAB Compliant

TeleSphere is a member of ATIS and OBF, and we make sure our CABS software is compliant with the most up-to-date MECAB and SECAB guidelines.

The CABS Advantage:

• Recreate Billing for Analysis or Disputes

• Wireless Interconnection Agreement Billing

• Local Reciprocal Compensation Billing

• Multiple State & Multiple Company Support

• Automated Electronic Bill Distribution

• Bill on any Billing Cycle