# Configuring Friends and Family Number

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Descriptions

The Family and Friends Number feature adds rating flexibility to the prepaid billing solution. This additional feature allows for discounted calling rate to be made to calls up to 5 pre-elected local network numbers. Prepaid subscribers should simply dial the service number to register and activate Family and Friends on their accounts by following the IVR instructions.

There are total 6 Family and Friends Plan can be configured in each COS and assigned to different customer groups. Each plan defines Family and Friends Number attributes, such as registration fee, free call duration and free short message on a monthly basis. Please note only service provider has privilege to add subscriber to a FF Plan, whether this registration operation is free or charged depend on the Registration Fee parameter of the FF plan. The subscriber calls the PPS service center to apply a FF service. After the applied FF Plan takes effect, the subscriber can maintain his own favorite numbers by the self-service PPS hotline. The subscriber can inquire his applied FF Plan by dialing the USSD F&F Inquiry access code.

The number of times the customers can change registered numbers in their Family and Friends profiles is under the service provider's control. The free charged number of change times can be pre-configured by service provider on a daily basis. The exceeding changes will be charged in a preset tariff.

The following diagram demonstrates the operation procedures and relevant audio prompts when a subscriber dials to the prepaid hotline number to maintain F&F number:

Implementation

| Configure SCCP Parameters

Refer to Enabling Prepaid Service to configure SCCP parameters.

| Configure PPS Parameters

Refer to Enabling Audio Prompt to configure the PPS hotline number.

1.Go to EMS >Configuration >NSS >PPS.

2.Make sure the System ID at the upper right corner displays PPS_pub, click the button.

1.Click to open the SRF Parameters >Service Key tab.

2.Click the hyperlinked index number of Favorite Number Service to open its Option window.

3.Configure the dedicated service key for Family and Friends Number service.

4.Click highlight SAVE after change.

5.Click the button to update parameters to application servers.

| Customize F&F Number Attributes in COS

1.Click to open the Service Control >COS tab.

2.Click the hyperlinked index number to open an existing COS table, or click New to create a new COS table.

3.In the Friends and Family Number table, configure the necessary parameters given in the following table.

4.Click the button to update parameters to application servers.

Sub-parameter | Description (Click highlight SAVE after change) | Optional Values
Flag | Enable or disable Friends and Family number service of this COS. | •Enable •Disable
Charge for Change | Enable or disable charge for changing friends and family number. | •Charge •Free
Free Changes | Define the free change times of F&F number if charge is enabled. | 0 - 36000
Local Number | Enable or disable F&F number register to local number. | •Enable •Disable
NDD Number | Enable or disable F&F number register to national number.
IDD Number | Enable or disable F&F number register to international number.
Balance Threshold to Call FF Number | Define the minimum balance threshold allowed to apply the F&F plan. Unit is the minimum currency unit. | 0 - 65535
Keep or Remove FF Number | Keep or remove registered F&F number list of prepaid accounts on a monthly basis. Set to remove will change the F&F service status to suspend on the rent charge date. | •Keep •Remove
Balance Threshold to Keep FF Number | It is associated with the upper parameter. Define the minimum balance threshold which allows to keep F&F number list when the upper parameter set to Keep. Unit is the minimum currency unit. | 0 - 65535
FF Plan 1 - 6 | Attributes of F&F Number Plan | --
Registration Fee | Registration fee for the first time F&F Number Plan activation. | 0 - 65535
Max Numbers | Specify the allowable maximum F&F members per prepaid account. | 0 - 5
Free Call Duration | Define free call duration for F&F Number service on a monthly basis. Unit is Minute. | 0 - 20000
Free SMS | Define quantity of free SMS for F&F Number service on a monthly basis. | 0 - 60000
Rent ID | Specify the Rent ID for the F&F Number service registration fee. 0 means no rent. | 0 - 8

| Configure F&F Tariff

1.Go to EMS >Advanced >Tariff Plan >Refresh.

2.Click the second Download button to update the current Tariff Plan from PPS to OMC GUI.

1.Go to EMS >Advanced >Tariff Plan >MO.

2.Select a Tariff ID from the upper right corner Tariff ID drop-down list.

3.In the Rent table, click the hyperlinked index number of an idle item to open its option window.

4.Configure the necessary parameters given in the following table to configure monthly rent for F&F service.

Sub-parameter | Description (Click highlight SAVE after change) | Recommended Value
Description | Enter a name for the rent entry. It is identification purpose only. | FF Number
Charge Type | Specify the rent is on a daily basis or on a monthly basis. | Monthly
Charge Date | It is associated with the upper parameter. For monthly rent, specify the charge date in each month. | 1 - 28
Charge Amount | Specify the monthly charge fee for F&F service. Unit is the minimum currency unit. | 0 - 65535

5.Click the button to update parameters to Tariff Plan.

6.In the Supplementary Tariff table, click the hyperlinked Friends and Family Number Call to open its option window.

7.Configure the Charge Amount in minimum currency and Charge Unit in second for F&F number call.

8.Click the button to update parameters to Tariff Plan.

9.Click the hyperlinked Friends and Family Number Change Fee to open its option window.

10.Configure the Charge Amount in minimum currency for F&F number change.

11.Click the button to update parameters to Tariff Plan.

1.Go to EMS >Advanced >Tariff Plan >Startup.

2.Enter the new tariff activate time and click Submit button to submit.

The Friends and Family Number call charge format is:

F&F Number Call Charge = Charge for Initial Call Period + Charge for Call Duration.

•Charge for Initial Call Period = Minimum Charging Unit (defined in MO Basic Tariff table) x F&F Number Tariff (defined in Supplementary Tariff table) + Initial Charge Adjustment (defined in MO Basic Tariff table)

•Charge for Call Duration = F&F Number Tariff (defined in Supplementary Tariff table) x ceil {[Call Duration - Free Time (defined in MO Basic Tariff table) - Min. Charging Unit (defined in MO Basic Tariff table) x Charging Unit (defined in Supplementary Tariff table)] / Charging Unit (defined in Supplementary Tariff table)}

| Configure PPS Subscriber Account to Activate F&F Number Service

Subscriber should dial to the prepaid service center to subscribe for the F&F Number service, and then operator updates the PPS account to activate this service:

1.Go to EMS >Advanced >Subscriber >PPS.

2.Click the button on the up right corner to upload PPS subscribers from PPS database.

3.Click the MSISDN of the subscriber want to edit, this displays the editable parameter window.

4.In the #10 line, enter the ID of the configured COS, select the button at the front.

5.In the #57 line, enter the ID of the configured FF Plan in the specific COS, select the button at the front.

6.Click the button at the top of the parameter table to upload the new values to PPS servers.

7.Click the button at the top of the parameter table to update values from PPS servers.

8.Verify that the new values have been saved for the subscriber.

| Function Presentation

1.Subscriber A dials hotline number and selects the F&F menu. SRF plays announcement:

Press 1 to add F&F number. Press 2 to delete an existing F&F number. Press 3 to inquiry existing F&F number. Press 4 to exit.

2.Subscriber A presses 1. SRF plays announcement:

Please enter your F&F number. Press # to end.

3.Subscriber A inputs the number of subscriber B #. SRF repeats the number of B and asks A press # to confirm. SRF plays announcement:

You have added F&F number B. Press 1 to add F&F number. Press 2 to delete an existing F&F number. Press 3 to inquiry existing F&F number. Press 4 to exit.

4.Subscriber A presses 3. SRF plays announcement:

Please enter the F&F index number. The number range is from 1 to 5.

5.Subscriber A presses 1. SRF plays announcement:

The F&F number is number B. Press 1 to add F&F number. Press 2 to delete an existing F&F number. Press 3 to inquiry existing F&F number. Press 4 to exit.

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