Project highlights
- Development of a microservices-based policy and charging control (PCC) platform that removes downtime risks when updating individual microservices
- Edge deployability for 5G use cases, including VR/AR/xR, robotics, and massive IoT networks
- Gradual migration supported by industry-leading migration and service teams
- User-friendly operating environment, ensuring familiarity and manageability for non-technical teams across network, IT, and business functions
- More effective management of a more extensive portfolio of new 5G-enabled services
Business Challenge
The rise of DevOps, microservices, and continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) are bringing a shift towards agility. For a global software vendor headquartered in Dublin, introducing a microservices architecture to their ecosystem enabled the delivery of next-gen telecom solutions, leveraging PCC in telecom to enhance service capabilities.
Technology Solution
The modular PCC platform we developed is meticulously crafted, featuring seamlessly integrated modules and components. The platfrom’s design flexibility caters to various deployment scenarios, whether the platform is undergoing a multi-phase migration or final architectural setup. We standardized several core solutions across the client’s portfolio, including Profile Manager, Balance Manager, and Offer Catalog. This ensures that future expansion and enhancement projects will be streamlined.
We built a PCC platform that enables services to be independently deployed and managed.
Our client’s policy and charging control platform was built from the ground up on a microservices architecture, enabling services to be independently deployed and managed. Deliberate separation of the solution into discrete services empowers us to provide higher availability, portability, and scalability. This stems from our ability to manage the lifecycle of each microservice independently, contributing to a more robust and adaptable solution and bringing lots of benefits for our client.
Business impact
The PCC platform we developed has become a powerful tool for our client to create new services, differentiate their company among competitors, control charging operations, and ensure robust monetization. As a result of introducing the PCC platform into the client’s ecosystem, telecom vendors can deploy new 5G-enabled services faster and need less time to test. Moreover, our client can manage and scale a broader range of new services than ever before. Business value delivered: 40% Faster time to market 11% Boost in mobile Data ARPU 41% Increase in mobile data revenue