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Accuracy of usage billing can make the difference between a successful and profitable year and one that is not. It is now more critical than ever before that telecommunications companies bill every minute possible. Below are some articles to help you get started improving billing accuracy.

Intercarrier Compensation Reform 101

Intercarrier compensation represents the payments made by the telecommunications companies who originates the call to the telecommunications carrier or service provider that terminates the call. This regime comes in 2 flavors: switched access (compensation for long distance calls) and reciprocal compensation (compensation for local calls).

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5 Steps to Identifying Your Inter Carrier Compensation Reform Position

Over the coming weeks, many carriers will try to evaluate what terms they should be advocating to the FCC for Inter-Carrier Compensation Reform. Should you sign on to one organization or company’s proposal? It is hard to identify the commonalities, especially when a cornerstone assumption that is true today may not be true tomorrow.

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5 Most Common Telecommunications Billing and Recording Mistakes

Many carriers set up their billing and recording processes when their business plans were in their infancy and never returned to evaluate these processes in later years. The assumptions used to originally set up these systems may or may not have taken into consideration the current business plan. Further, the service provider could have established procedures without having a full set of requirements.

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Listed here are some relevant articles submitted to the FCC on Inter Carrier Compensation Reform. This website does not advocate any of the positions, but is simply attaching them here for your convenience.