Traditional Products Carrier Cost Details

TBS supports the ability for Carrier Cost information to be tied to products. This feature has been expanded to now also allow for one or more Carrier Billing Identifiers to be tied to a product along with corresponding cost information to help with third party reconciliation. Customers can now add in appropriate Carrier IDs for products along with Carrier cost information that can then be reported on and used as needed.

Previously, any cost information only existed for Dedicated and Internet product types. With this release, carrier cost information is being expanded and will now be available on these product types:

  • Local
  • Cable
  • Internet
  • Fixed charges
  • Dedicated
  • Wireless
  • Long distance
  • Toll-free
  • Travelcard
  • Calling card
  • Dedicated long distance
  • Dedicated toll-free
  • Voicemail

This new Carrier Cost information can be accessed via the Product Links menu on each of the product screens listed above. Any cost fields that previously existed on the Dedicated or Internet screens have been removed and all data has been migrated to the new Carrier Cost Details area.

Each Carrier Cost Detail entry supports the following fields:

Field Name Definition Notes
Service Description Required field. Type of Service corresponding to the Cost information at the Carrier level

The options can be maintained by using the Cost Service Description maintenance tool available from the Accounting & Invoicing menu within System Administration.

Carrier Detail ID Required Field. The Carrier ID or Unique ID that the Carrier uses to bill and identify this particular product  
Activation Cost The Carrier Activation Cost for the product.  
Interval Cost The Carrier Interval (recurring) cost for the products.  
Cost Verification Date The date the Cost record has been verified.  
Carrier Override Allows the carrier on the product to be overridden at the cost level.

Will be used in reporting output if selected.

The options can be maintained by choosing Carriers from Utilities - System Administration - Provisioning menu.