Price Plans
A price plan combines a tariff, a package and a connection type
A price plan combines a tariff (connection type), contract and a package under a single price plan code. Price plans are typically the products that are marketed to customers, along with bolt-on
An addition to a subscriber's main plan or product; also sometimes called an add-on. packages. For example a price plan could offer allowances for voice, text and data, along with international roaming Using services through a network other than the home network, commonly when using a mobile phone service while travelling abroad. and itemised billing, all for one monthly payment, with a discount if the customer In the context of the Cloud Monetisation Platform, an individual or organisation who has signed an agreement to take goods and services from a service provider. A customer receives a bill associated with one or more subscriptions, and can be a single end user or a large company with many subscriptions assigned to one agreement. buys the price plan within a certain time period. A bolt-on might offer additional data or voice minutes or additional services such as phone insurance.
Example showing how a price plan is built from components
A price plan can be applied directly to an individual subscription A billing entity that incurs a charge. Examples include a network attached device whose usage you want to measure and charge for, or a monthly software subscription or an agreement In the Cloud Monetisation Platform, the entity that holds the instructions for generating the bills for one or more subscriptions. including the addresses and how often the bill is generated.. Price plans can also be attached to a Corporate or Group entity, allowing the list of available price plans to be restricted for a given customer structure. Service providers can use price plans to offer customers specific discounts/offers when they connect to a particular tariff.
A price plan can be linked to a price plan group In the Customer Manager Platform hierarchy, the highest level of the structure. The group level can be used to group corporates. Groups can hold financial information., which allows price plans to be categorised.