Spend Caps

A spend cap A service for customers that applies a limit to how much usage a customer can consume outside of their allowances or bolt-on extras, preventing spending over a certain amount. is a service for customers that applies a limit to how much usage The consumption of services, for example a subscriber using call minutes. or usage and spend a 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. can consume outside of their allowances or bolt-on An addition to a subscriber's main plan or product; also sometimes called an add-on. extras, preventing spending over a certain amount. This can help avoid overspending and "bill shock The negative reaction a subscriber can experience if their phone bill has unexpected charges.". Spend caps can be for:

• Value - applies to monetary/overage. This can be defined in CMP Converged Monetisation Platform. The MDS Global product that supports customer care and billing for digital service providers..
• Volume - applies to data usage. This can be defined directly in the OCS.
• Duration - applies to voice/SMS Short Message Service. A text messaging service component of most mobile telephone systems. SMS uses standardized communication protocols to enable mobile phone devices to exchange short text messages. usage . This can be defined directly in the OCS.

There are two types of value spend cap A limit on a subscriber's service.:

• Full - this applies to all usage and is concerned with money overage only.

  A postpaid subscriber The end user of a network. must always have full cap.

• Partial - this applies to specific usage with money overage only.