A2Billing Features list
All of the A2Billing Switch and Billing Systems have the following features, and there may be more as A2billing can be blended with other applications to create innovative and profitable telecoms services.
Customer Management
- Add Customers
- Generate numbers of customer and calling cards
- Prepaid and post-paid customers
- Flexible Auto Account debit
- Auto Refill
- Credit Limit notifications by email
- Bulk updates to customers
- Multiple expiry options for cards
- Percentage discounts on a per customer basis
- Customer history and CRM
- Customer Grouping
- Import from legacy calling card platforms
- Customer Trouble Tickets and support management
- Multi Currency support
- Mass Mail delivery with customer grouping
- Customisable mail templates for customer actions and events
- Call recording
VoIP CPE Options
- IAX2 and SIP Protocol supported
- SIP over TCP for Microsoft OCS supported on request
-  Flexible VoIP Authentication methods:-
- Username and password
- IP Authentication
- 5+ digit prefix authentication
 
- Caller ID Manipulation
- Multiple Codecs
- Multiple VoIP CPE per customer account
Call-through, Calling Card and Call-back services
- PIN Authentication
- Caller ID authentication
- Auto Provisioning
-  Attach Caller ID to Card automatically
- Flexible IVR
- Balance IVR
- Rate to Destination
- Time available to call to destination
- Custom Prompts
 
- Multi-language Support
- Caller ID Delivery
- Call-back A and B leg Billing
- Web, DID and ANI based call-back
- Follow on calls
- Caller ID manipulation via IVR
- Speed Dials
- Last number dialled
Traffic Reporting
- Detailed CDR
- Margin and Mark-up per call
- Export to XML or CSV format
-  Detailed reporting:-
- Calls by User & by Destination
- Statistics by Trunk
- ASR (Average Seize Ratio)
- ALOC (Average Length of Call)
- CIC (Consecutive Incomplete Calls
- Total Calls
 
- Reports based on DNID
- Profit and Loss reports
- Daily traffic reporting with Graphing
- Monthly Traffic comparison
 
-  Detailed Dashboard giving at a glance statistic:-
- Customer Info
- Refill Information on time periods
- Payment info by Month
- Daily Call information
 
Rating Engine
- Selection of Rates based on Least Cost Routing or Least Cost Dialling
- Automatic selection of route across multiple carriers
- Carrier rates for Carrier reconciliation and accounting
- Sell Rates with multiple options, including stepped billing
- Bulk import of Rates
- Rate simulator
- Easy updating of existing rates via the merge facility
- Detailed searching, and bulk updates of rates
- LCR Export facility
- Rate Simulator
-  Selection of Rate-card based on:-
- DNID
- Caller ID
 
Supported Trunks
-  VoIP Trunks:-
- SIP
- IAX
- H323 (on application)
 
-  Line Cards
- Analogue
- PRI
- BRI
- GSM
 
- Failover Trunk
- Capacity Limits, with Failover
- Provider Grouping for carrier reconciliation
DID Delivery
- Billing options for DID based on subscription and/or dial out rate
- Free calls between customers
- On-Net calling with optional charging
- DID ingress charges, including minimum charge, connection fee, block billing, per minute
- Support for Revenue Share Numbers, customer’s account credited when DID called
- Deliver calls to customers via VoIP or via trunks
- DHCP endpoints supported
- Failover destinations
- Detailed Statistics
- DID Import Facility
- DIDX API
Billing, Invoicing & Payments
- Voucher based top-up system
- Customer Balance, with Debt control
- Detailed refill, payment, and transaction logs for customers and agents
- Multiple online payment methods, including PlugnPay, Paypal and Moneybookers
- Control and management of manual payments
- Invoices automatically generated monthly
- Manual preparation of invoices for ad-hoc payments
- Package offers, offering free minutes and calls to certain destinations
- Subscription packages
Agent Functionality
- Commission agents supported
- Assign different products to different agents
- Affiliate web based marketing, for online sign-up
-  Agents have optional management and control over customers
- View, add create and delete
- Billing
- Call Reports
- Support Tickets
- Bulk Create
- Sign-up
- Customisable sign up screen
 
- Credit customer account
- Purchase Credit from Admin for top-ups
Customer Interface
- Password Management
- Aide Memoire for SIP or IAX authentication
- Call History
- Payment History
- Voucher Input
- Invoice, and invoice payment via online payment provider
- Top-up online
- Purchase and manage DID
- Speed Dials
- Rate Card display and export
- Rate simulator
- Web based call-back
- Caller ID authentication
- Generate trouble Ticket
- Email Notifications for low balance
- Edit personal Information
- View and download recorded conversations
On-line Sign-up
- Customisable sign up screen
- Sign-up for Subscriptions
- Restricted customer status for revenue protection
Customer Management
 Add Customers
 Generate numbers of customer and calling cards.
 Prepaid and post-paid customers
 Flexible Auto Account debit
 Auto Refill
 Credit Limit notifications by email
 Bulk updates to customers
 Multiple expiry options for cards.
 Percentage discounts on a per customer basis
 Customer history and CRM
 Customer Grouping
 Import from legacy calling card platforms
 Customer Trouble Tickets and support management
 Multi Currency support
 Mass Mail delivery with customer grouping
 Customisable mail templates for customer actions and events.
 Call recording
VoIP CPE Options
 IAX2 and SIP Protocol supported
 SIP over TCP for Microsoft OCS supported on request.
 Flexible VoIP Authentication methods:-
o Username and password
o IP Authentication
o 5+ digit prefix authentication
 Caller ID Manipulation
 Multiple Codecs
 Multiple VoIP CPE per customer account
Call-through, Calling Card and Call-back services
 PIN Authentication
 Caller ID authentication
 Auto Provisioning
 Attach Caller ID to Card automatically
 Flexible IVR,
o Balance IVR
o Rate to Destination,
o Time available to call to destination
o Custom Prompts
 Multi-language Support
 Caller ID Delivery
 Call-back A and B leg Billing
 Web, DID and ANI based call-back
 Follow on calls
 Caller ID manipulation via IVR
 Speed Dials
 Last number dialled
Traffic Reporting
 Detailed CDR
 Margin and Mark-up per call
 Export to XML or CSV format
 Detailed reporting:-
o Calls by User & by Destination
o Statistics by Trunk
 ASR
 ALOC
 CIC
 Total Calls
o Reports based on DNID
o Profit and Loss reports
o Daily traffic reporting with Graphing
o Monthly Traffic comparison
 Detailed Dashboard giving at a glance statistics
o Customer Info
o Refill Information on time periods
o Payment info by Month
o Daily Call information
Rating Engine
 Selection of Rates based on Least Cost Routing or Least Cost Dialling
 Automatic selection of route across multiple carriers.
 Carrier rates for Carrier reconciliation and accounting.
 Sell Rates with multiple options, including stepped billing
 Bulk import of Rates
 Rate simulator
 Easy updating of existing rates via the merge facility
 Detailed searching, and bulk updates of rates
 LCR Export facility.
 Rate Simulator
 Selection of Rate-card based on:-
o DNID
o Caller ID
Supported Trunks
 VoIP Trunks:-
o SIP
o IAX
o H323 (on application)
 Line Cards
o Analogue
o PRI
o BRI
o GSM
 Failover Trunk
 Capacity Limits, with Failover
 Provider Grouping for carrier reconciliation
DID Delivery
 Billing options for DID based on subscription and/or dial out rate
 Free calls between customers.
 Calls between customers routed directly
 Deliver calls to customers via VoIP or via trunks.
 DHCP endpoints supported
 Failover destinations.
 Detailed Statistics
 DID Import Facility
 DIDX API
Billing, Invoicing & Payments
 Voucher based top-up system
 Customer Balance, with Debt control
 Detailed refill, payment, and transaction logs for customers and agents
 Multiple online payment methods, including PlugnPay, Paypal and Moneybookers
 Control and management of manual payments
 Invoices automatically generated monthly
 Manual preparation of invoices for ad-hoc payments
 Package offers, offering free minutes and calls to certain destinations
 Subscription packages
Agent Functionality
 Commission agents supported
 Assign different products to different agents
 Affiliate web based marketing, for online signup
 Agents have optional management and control over customers
o View, add create and delete
o Billing
o Call Reports
o Support Tickets
o Bulk Create
o Signup
o Customisable sign up screen.
 Credit customer account
 Purchase Credit from Admin for top-ups
Customer Interface
 Password Management
 Aide Memoire for SIP or IAX authentication
 Call History
 Payment History
 Voucher Input
 Invoice, and invoice payment via online payment provider
 Top-up online
 Purchase and manage DID
 Speed Dials
 Rate Card display and export
 Rate simulator
 Web based call-back
 Caller ID authentication
 Generate trouble Ticket
 Email Notifications for low balance
 Edit personal Information
 View and download recorded conversations
 Online Sign-up
