InterconnecT CABS CG - A Carrier Access Billing System.

 Carrier-Grade Billing

 The CABS Leader

 Key Features

 Client/Server Flexibility

 Easy Access to Info

 Bill Usage Verification

 Easy Implementation

 System Setup

 Reports

 Service Bureau

 Customers

 Reciprocal Compensation

Why Carrier Access Billing is Necessary

The reason this compensation was necessary was the fact that the USA had many telephone companies, not just the major Bell carriers. In 1983 there were approximately 1300 telephone franchises. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 opened the way for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) competing directly with the Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) for the same customers. For CLECs, the compensation for the last mile is even more important as many have switching equipment and also pay the incumbent company for the facilities over which they service their customers. 

Today, the Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) is mandated by the FCC to write and maintain the rules for carrier access billing. Based on these rules, telecommunication companies write their own access tariffs and file them with the appropriate interstate or intrastate agencies. The carriers subject to the tariffs have a limited time to contest them. If not contested within the allotted time period, the tariffs become the local exchange carrier’s authority to bill under those filed rates.

This simple rating scheme depicts the call from origination with the end user to the point where the call is handed off to the long distance company (LDC). 

How CABS Came To Be
Why CABS is Necessary
What CABS Pays For
Is CABS an Equitable Solution?
Compensation Can Get Complicated
Is Access Billing Worth the Effort?
Interconnect – the model for inter-company settlements outside of the USA
ITU Settlements
Wireless Carrier Access Billing

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