Billing must get real-time; 2.5G and 3G networks can expand cellco service offerings like never before, but it won't mean a thing unless their billing platforms can keep up with user activity in real-time. (Billing).

Telecom Asia | May 1, 2002| | Copyright

One of the major attractions of 2.5G and 3G wireless data services for cellcos is the potential to create new revenue streams. Voice and SMS may be the big money earners today, but as the markets become increasingly competitive, cellcos have been caught in price wars mainly because there's little else to differentiate them from their rivals, service-wise.

Wireless data is widely expected to change that because, unlike voice and messaging, the term "data service" can actually mean a number of separate billable services, from sending email and messages with attached ...

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