# Current Tariff - MO

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Calls are charged using tariffs. A tariff defines how much a call costs, in terms of money per time unit (seconds). For example, a simple tariff may be specified as 1 cent per second. Then, if a call lasts 120.00 seconds, it will be charged at $1.20.

Tariffs are used to implement special promotional features as well, such as the Friends and Family and Close User Group feature.

Within each tariff, it is possible to define the first billable unit (minimum charge unit, both in terms of length and cost) and basic billable units, which take place after the initial unit. Often, the first unit is longer (e.g. 60 seconds) and the basic units are shorter (e.g. 6 seconds). That way, a higher minimum charge can be guaranteed, even for very short calls (the first unit is always applied in full).

The values for the initial and basic unit durations are recorded in seconds, and can be recorded to one decimal place (tenths). This allows for more accurate calculations. however, for billing purposes, durations are rounded up to the nearest second. For example, a call that lasts 118.2 seconds will also be charged at $1.19 even though it lasted less than 119 full units.

The system supports multiple currency units. With the UltraWAVE prepaid service, a tariff is more than just a single rate of X currency units per Y seconds. Each tariff is defined with the following parameters:

•The currency of the tariff (for example, Dollars, Francs) - the system can use tariffs defined in multiple currency types.

•The length of the first billable unit in seconds. This length must be at least 1 second.

•The charge for the first billable unit (initial call period) in minor currency units.

•The length of any basic billable units (basic call period) in seconds. This length must be at least 1 second.

•The charge for any basic billable unit in minor currency units.

•A no-charge length (grace period), which means that nothing is charged for a call that lasts less than or equal to that time length. For example, if the grace period is set to three seconds, then very short calls of two or three seconds will not be charged at all. Note that the call timer does not reset after the grace period.

•A tariff modifier (promotion type, such as Friends and Family), which indicates how the tariff is used in conjunction with some of the more advanced billing features.

•MO Basic Tariff

The MO basic tariff is destination sensitive billing rate applied for each dialed number prefix. It charges MO call according to different destination prefixes. The PPS supports 64 MO basic tariffs belonging to 64 MO tariffs. Each MO basic tariff may define billing rate for up to 300 dialing prefixes.

There are ten basic fields included in a destination prefix based MO basic tariff. Each destination prefix has a MO basic tariff record.

No. | MO Basic Tariff | Explanation
1 | Tariff ID | The PPS supports 64 basic tariffs. These 64 basic tariffs can be used for 256 tariff areas or 64 nodes which have different NDC. Each basic tariff is identified by a tariff ID ranging from 0 to 63.
2 | Prefix | Charging prefix of destination.
3 | Country/District | The country or district name of the charging prefix, only for reference.
4 | Call Type | Call type for reference. It is also one field in the PPS CDR. Total three call types: Local, NDD and IDD.
5 | Discount ID | Set a discount table (0-31) for this prefix.
6 | Charge Unit (s) | Time unit for debiting, unit is second. The minimum charge unit is 1 second. For example: "6" indicates charging every six seconds.
7 | Free Charge Unit | Set a free time period (grace period) for outgoing call. Unit is multiple of the charge-unit. For example: if the charge-unit is 2 seconds, set free-charge-unit to 3, the PPS will begin to charge an outgoing call 6 (2x3) seconds after call connects.
8 | Min Charge Unit | Define the minimum call period charging. This is for adjusting the minimum charge of a call at the initial period. Unit is multiple of the charge-unit. For example: if the charge-unit is 2 seconds, set min-charge-unit is to 3, a less than 6 (2X3) seconds long call will be charged for 6 seconds. Min-charge-unit = 1 means no minimum charge adjustment.
9 | Initial Charge Adjustment | Amount value in the smallest currency unit. This amount will be added to the total call fee as an initial add-on charge adjustment of an outgoing call. The value can be negative, zero, or positive.
10 | CAP Flag | Enable or disable CAP call function on this prefix.
11 | Tier Level | Define the operative tier cycle on this prefix. •0 = Tier 0 cycle will be repeated till the end of call. •1 = Tier 0 and Tier 1 cycles will be repeated till the end of call. •2 = All three tier cycles will be repeated till the end of call.
12 | Tier 0 Units | Define the period of tier 0. Unit is multiple of the charge-unit. For example: if the charge-unit is 6 seconds, and the Tier-0-Units is 10, the period of tier 1 is 60 (6x10) seconds. When this period ends, the next operative tier cycle will start.
13 | Tier 0 Basic Fee | The tariff used to charge a call except the initial call period (basic call period), unit is minimum currency unit.
14 | Tier 0 Long Distance | The extra charge for a national or international call. The unit is minimum currency unit.
15 | Tier 1 Units | Define the period of tier 1. Unit is multiple of the charge-unit. When this period ends, the next operative tier cycle will start.
16 | Tier 1 Basic Fee | The tariff used to charge a call except the initial call period (basic call period), unit is minimum currency unit.
17 | Tier 1 Long Distance | The extra charge for a national or international call. The unit is minimum currency unit.
18 | Tier 2 Units | Define the period of tier 2. Unit is multiple of the charge-unit. When this period ends, the next operative tier cycle will start.
19 | Tier 2 Basic Fee | The tariff used to charge a call except the initial call period (basic call period), unit is minimum currency unit.
20 | Tier 2 Long Distance | The extra charge for a national or international call. The unit is minimum currency unit.

Each call period can be divided into three parts:

| Grace Period

The free time period after the call is connected. Sometimes PSTN switch can't send out correct connection status, for example, it sends an answer message when the call begins ringing but not really answered. As soon as receive the answer message the system begins to charge the call. To compensate subscriber for the over payment, operator may set some free time.

| Initial Call Period

The initial call period is the minimum call duration of a call. The charge for the initial call period is also the minimum charge for a call. •Charge for initial call period = [Minimum charging unit x (Basic fee + Long distance) + Initial charge adjustment] x discount

| Basic Call Period

The basic call period is the call duration except the initial call period. •Charge for basic call period = (Basic fee + Long distance) x ceil{[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)} x discount

Call Charge = Charge for Initial Call Period + Charge for Basic Call Period

•Rent Tariff

The rent tariff is a rental charged on a fixed date or every period in a month. The PPS supports two basic kinds of rent: charge by date and charge by time. There are 64 rent tariffs belonging to 64 MO tariffs. Each rent tariff comprises 8 billing rates. Each billing rate can be charged on a daily basis or monthly basis, and the charge date can be selected for a monthly rent.

The rent tariff is also used to charge the user who is registered to use the supplementary or value-added service such as short message, call forwarding, roaming and conference call, etc. The subscriber who requests service suspended because of temporary absent may be set as rental free.

•Short Message Tariff

The short message tariff charges MO short message according to the dialed number prefix. There are 64 short message tariffs in the 64 MO tariffs. Each short message tariff comprises 50 prefixes' setup. These flexible 50 prefixes may be prefixes of other operators' network, intra-network different service zone and service subscription such as weather forecast, financing report and so on. Operator may define different billing rates for different destination and service subscription. The prefix 1 is the default prefix. All calling prefixes not found in this table will be charged as the default prefix.

For SMS cap call, select the destination from the drop-down menu. Otherwise keep Disable as default.

•GPRS Tariff

The GPRS tariff charges GPRS data volume according to the destination IP. There are 64 GPRS tariffs in the 64 MO tariffs. Total 8 fields are included in a destination IP based tariff:

No. | GPRS Tariff | Explanation
1 | ID | Reserved as 1.
2 | Destination IP | IP address of visited web. Reserved as 255.255.255.255.
3 | Charge Unit (KB) | Time unit for debiting, unit is KB. The minimum charge unit is 1 KB. For example: "10" indicates charging every 10 KB.
4 | Basic Fee | This tariff is used to charge GPRS data volume except the initial period on a per charge unit basis. Unit is minimum currency unit.
5 | Min Charge Unit | Define the minimum data volume charging. This is for adjusting the minimum charge at the initial period. Unit is multiple of the charge-unit. For example: if the charge-unit is 10 KB, set min-charge-unit is to 100, a less than 1000 (10X100) KB data volume will be charged for 1000 KB. Min-charge-unit = 1 means no minimum charge adjustment.
6 | Initial Charge Adjustment | Amount value in the smallest currency unit. This amount will be added to the total charge fee as an initial add-on charge adjustment of GPRS service. The value can be negative, zero, or positive.
7 | CAP Flag | Enable or disable CAP service on this GPRS charging entry.
8 | Discount ID | Set a discount table (0-31) for this GPRS charging entry.

•Supplementary Tariff

The supplementary features comprise:

| Call Forwarding

Call forwarding allows subscribers to have their calls forwarded to another telephone number based on a variety of different circumstances. The prepaid service supports four basic types of call forwarding: unconditional, busy, unattainable and no answer. The billing for all types of call forwarding is defined based on COS at the same time; therefore, a subscriber cannot choose to set billing for a single call forwarding type.

The MO call party is charged by the MO basic tariff.

The MT call party is charged by the call forwarding tariff:

•Charge for initial call duration = Minimum charging unit x (Long distance + Call forward tariff) + Initial charge adjustment

•Charge for call duration = (Long distance + Call forward tariff) x ceil {[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)}

•Forwarded call charge = (Charge for initial call duration + Charge for call duration) x discount

| Roaming Call

Roaming calls are MO/MT calls outside the home location. The Roaming call tariff format is:

•MO roaming call charge = (Basic fee + Long distance + Roaming tariff) x ceil {[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)} x discount

•MT roaming call charge = Normal MT call charge + {[Long distance (home location) + Roaming tariff] x [Call duration (s) - free time (s)] / charging unit (s)} x discount

| Conference Call

Billing rate for conference call is used to charge conference applicant. Please note that as soon as the conference is reserved, the conference applicant will be charged at the scheduled conference beginning time.

For conference participants, call charge is normal call charge (see MO basic tariff).

For conference applicant, the call charge format is:

•Call charge = [normal call charge + conference call tariff x call duration (s) / charging unit (s)] x discount

| Close User Group (CUG)

The UltraWAVE supports the establishment of Closed User Groups (CUGs) within the carrier network. A CUG might represent members of a company or company department, a business or recreational organization, an affinity group who share a common interest, etc. The system supports 10,000 CUGs. There is no limit to the number of members who can belong to a Closed User Group. Calls among the same CUG members are charged by the CUG tariff:

•Charge for initial call duration = Minimum charging unit x CUG tariff+ Initial charge adjustment

•Charge for call duration = CUG tariff x ceil {[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)}

•CUG call charge = (Charge for initial call duration + Charge for call duration) x discount

| Friend and Family (F&F) Number

Friends and Family (F&F) number service is a subscriber-incentive billing package that is provisioned in the supplementary tariff through the Class of Service. This feature allows subscribers to define up to five telephone numbers as their Friends and Family numbers. Then, when subscribers call any of their Friends and Family numbers, they are charged at the Friends and family tariff. Please note that the Friends and family tariff is not applicable for the MO-SMS transactions.

The Friends and family call charge format is:

•Charge for initial call duration = Minimum charging unit x F&F tariff+ Initial charge adjustment

•Charge for call duration = F&F tariff x ceil {[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)}

•F&F call charge = (Charge for initial call duration + Charge for call duration) x discount

Changing F&F number is charged according to the Changing Friends and Family Number tariff. Subscriber may have some preset free times to change his/her F&F number every day.

| CF + CUG Call

The CF+CUG tariff charges the subscriber who forwards the call to a CUG subscriber. For example, if A calls B, and B forwards the call to the C. B and C belong to the same CUG. B will be charged according to the following formula:

•Charge for initial call period = Minimum charging unit x (CF+CUG tariff) + Initial charge adjustment

•Charge for call duration = (CF+CUG tariff) x ceil {[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)}

•CF+CUG call charge = Charge for initial call period + Charge for call duration

| CF + F&F Call

The CF+F&F tariff charges the subscriber who forwards the incoming call to his F&F number. For A calls B, and B forwards the call to C. C is the F&F number of B. B will be charged according to the following formula:

•Charge for initial call period = Minimum charging unit x (CF+F&F tariff) + Initial charge adjustment

•Charge for call duration = (CF+F&F tariff) x ceil {[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)}

•CF+F&F call charge = Charge for initial call period + Charge for call duration

| CUG + F&F Call

When a subscriber calls his F&F number which belongs the same CUG as him, the subscriber will be charged by the CUG+F&F tariff:

•Charge for initial call period = Minimum charging unit x (CUG+F&F tariff) + Initial charge adjustment

•Charge for call duration = (CUG+F&F tariff) x ceil {[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)}

•CUG+F&F call charge = Charge for initial call period + Charge for call duration

| CF + CUG + F&F Call

The CF+CUG+F&F tariff charges the subscriber who forwards the incoming call to his F&F number. And his F&F number belongs to the same CUG as him. For this circumstance, the subscriber will be charged according to:

•Charge for initial call period = Minimum charging unit x (CF+CUG+F&F tariff) + Initial charge adjustment

•Charge for call duration = (CF+CUG+F&F tariff) x ceil {[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)}

•CF+CUG+F&F call charge = Charge for initial call period + Charge for call duration

| Parent and Children Number (Pool Account)

Parent and Children (P&C) number service is a subscriber-incentive billing package that is provisioned in the supplementary tariff through the Class of Service. This feature allows the parent account to define up to five prepaid user numbers as his/her child numbers. Then, when a call made between parent and child, it will be charged at the Parent and Children tariff. Please note that the Parent and Children tariff is not applicable for the MO-SMS transactions.

The Parent and Children call charge format is:

•Charge for initial call duration = Minimum charging unit x P&C tariff+ Initial charge adjustment

•Charge for call duration = P&C tariff x ceil {[Call duration (s) - free time (s) - Min. charging unit x Charging unit (s)] / Charging unit (s)}

•P&C call charge = (Charge for initial call duration + Charge for call duration) x discount

Changing P&C number is charged according to the Changing Parent and Children Number tariff. Subscriber may have some preset free times to change his/her P&C number every day.

| Free SMS

User manually activates or deactivates free SMS service can be charged according to the Activate/Deactivate Free SMS Fee. The system cancellation of free SMS when service expires won't be charged.

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