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ONE SOLUTION FOR ALL LINES OF BUSINESS.WHY SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS?Settlement has changed. New products and services over differentlines of business mean more and more partners, and more complicatedrelationships. And with traditional settlement systems andreconciliation relying heavily on manual processes, it’s difficult tomake sure your revenues stay where they belong – with your business.It makes it harder to be competitive if your settlement systems can’tsupport advanced, complex partnerships with sophisticated ratingschemes and products. And it also slows down your ability to launchservices quickly into your markets so that you can generate newrevenues and deliver innovative services.That’s why we created the Amdocs Partner Settlement Solution. As anautomated single system for all lines of business, it handles everyaspect of settlement – ranging from interconnect, roaming, content,digital advertising, MVNOs, to wholesale and dealers. And whateveryour business model, one system can handle all your settlement needs.

WHY AMDOCS?> One partner settlement platform supports all service providerpartners> Manages the entire partner lifecycle – from registration tofinancial settlement> Proven to work – successfully deployed at over 20 Tier-1 and2 leading companies worldwide, processing tens of millionsevents per day and managing hundreds of partners> Amdocs products share the same foundation tools for areassuch as integration, monitoring and control, and security,which reduces operational and implementation costs> Supports sophisticated content partner settlement“ Amdocs Partner Manager provides onesystem to manage content, interconnectand roaming partnerships. With Amdocs,we are able to efficiently implement businessagreements with content partners, so we canlaunch new services in the market ahead ofthe competition.”CHRISTOS CHRISTOPOULOSIT DIRECTORCOSMOTE, GREECEA COMPLETE SETTLEMENT SOLUTIONBased mainly on Amdocs Partner Manager, the solution offersyou unified, comprehensive partnership management andsettlement throughout the complete partner lifecycle. AmdocsPartner Manager is a stand-alone product for handling differentB2B (business-to-business) settlement needs. It manages multiplepartners, as well as complicated billing and settlement activitiesfor different types of partners including interconnect, roaming,IP, wholesale, content, digital commerce, MVNOs and dealers.It also offers you electronic reconciliation, high performancere-rating and automated settlement processes.And since our products are modular, you can easily extend thesolution to cover roaming clearing and end-to-end digitalcommerce management.ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY &ARCHITECTUREAmdocs Partner Settlement Solution reduces your total costof ownership through its configurable, production-readydesign and optimal storage of billing information. It provideshorizontal scalability and high-system availability by allowingyou to simply add on hardware as your business grows.In addition to its high-performance processing of high-volumerevenue transactions, its open architecture combined withAmdocs proven implementation methodologies means youcan benefit from an out-of-the-box implementation in as littleas three months. To minimize the time and cost of localization,it supports multiple languages, currencies and tax structures, andprovides table-driven rules for localizing settlement and billingprocesses. And its n-tier architecture and open APIs enable youto integrate it within any environment.By adding Amdocs Roam Clearing Manager, you can insourceroaming clearing to increase your roaming profits and improveservice for your roaming customers. By adding this product,you can manage all aspects of roaming clearing, including TAP-IN RAP-OUT and TAP-OUT RAP-IN processes, files exchange,data validations and automated or assisted RAP handling.And combined together with the Amdocs Digital CommerceManager, you can create an end-to-end digital commercesolution with advanced settlement capabilities. This gives youa distinct advantage when it comes to managing the largenumber of relationships involved in providing digital productsand services.SUPPORTS ALL PARTNERS,OVER ALL LINES OF BUSINESS

THE SCOPE OF AMDOCS PARTNER MANAGERMEETING YOUR BUSINESS NEEDSMAKE SETTLEMENT PAYBecause Amdocs Partner Settlement Solution supportsinnovative partner business models, you can benefit fromnew sources of revenue. It supports the full spectrum of newbusiness models required by different types of partnerships,including wholesale, resale, advertisements and promotion.It manages partner settlement in revenue sharing, sponsorship,commissions and minimum commitment obligations.PROVEN TO WORKYou can be confident of the solution’s capabilities since we’veimplemented it at more then 20 market-leading operators whereit typically supports hundreds of partners. It also processestens of millions events per day including voice, IP and contentevents.MANAGE PARTNER AGREEMENTSNow you can efficiently manage agreement information relating toproducts, product bundles, rating schemes, discounts, paymentand billing terms, as well as partner organizational structures.Its standard template agreements for specific types of partners alsohelp you to shorten your partner recruitment process.MANAGE THE ENTIRE PARTNERSHIP CYCLEAutomated registration, management and tracking processes allowyou to improve the efficiency of partner management, as well asreduce your operational costs. And the predefined thresholds andlimits –such as credit and payment limits – make sure that yourpartners meet the terms of their agreements with you.KEEP YOUR REVENUES WHERE THEY BELONGAmdocs Partner Settlement Solution efficiently handles thebusiness-to-business billing requirements between you andyour partner. It generates invoices, payment summaries andreconciliation reports, and provides investigative tools to checkfor discrepancies and errors. It can accept and transfer payments,and manages the total balance between you and your partner.You can also group together invoicing and settlement processesfrom anywhere in the partner company’s hierarchy and presentthem as one. Increased accuracy in invoices improves yourcash-flow forecasting, revenue-stream monitoring and yourprofitability analysis of your partner agreements.MAKE PARTNER SELF-CARE EASYSelf-care capabilities reduce the cost involved in managingmultiple partners. Partners can access a complete view of theiraccount information and balance. Drill-down capabilities provideinsights on usage details within the invoice, such as details oncharge cancellations. Better partner service improves partnersatisfaction and attracts new partners. The solution also supportsonline self-registration for new partners which is a cost-effectiveway of recruiting more partners to promote a broader selectionof services.

FINANCIALSETTLEMENT6ANALYSIS,QUERIES& SELF CARE7AMDOCSPARTNERMANAGER1SIGNINGAGREEMENT2DEFINITIONOF PRODUCTS& CONTENT“ Amdocs Partner Manager will provideus with the great flexibility that we willneed to accommodate new partners andbusiness models.”VISHANT VORACTO & VICE PRESIDENTVODAFONE ROMANIAINVOICEPRODUCTION543DEFINITIONOF PRICINGAND CHARGINGMODELSPROCESSINGUSAGEINFORMATIONTHE PARTNER SETTLEMENT LIFECYCLEONE SYSTEM FOR ALL PARTNER AGREEMENTSINTERCONNECT AND ROAMING SETTLEMENTAmdocs Partner Settlement Solution spans the full cycle of therevenue settlement process, fulfilling all of your intercarriermanagement and settlement needs for interconnect, roamingand wholesale services. Its multiple rates and discounting planssupport different interconnect agreements, and it allows youto perform direct and cascade billing arrangements. Servicesmay include incoming, outgoing and transit calls, IntelligentNetwork (IN) services and leased lines and equipment.Using thebi-directional rating and billing engine, you can prepare partnerinvoices, perform self-invoicing on behalf of your partners,and calculate the expected invoices from your communicationpartners.CONTENT AND ADVERTISINGRevenue-sharing agreements over content partnerships requireflexible product definition in order to rate many types ofcontent. The solution supports different types of business modelagreements, including revenue sharing, sponsorship, variousrating schemes, minimum commitments and discounts. It alsomanages the entire process of settlement and reconciliation forintellectual property and royalties – from invoicing through topayment tracking and resolving disputes.MVNO AND WHOLESALEInvoice your MVNO and Wholesale partners using our powerfulautomated billing functionality. Manage any number of MVNOpartners for multi-services: GSM, GPRS, local, and internationalvoice and data services. Use any type of upstream mediationsystem of your choice. Amdocs Partner Settlement provides theability to rerate events as often as required to ensure maximumrevenue from your wholesale partners based on the latest rates.You can set configurable settlement periods to ensure timelysettlement according to individual MVNO. And it also providesthe most optimized storage for events in case of extendedsettlement periods and disputes.DEALER COMMISSIONDealership agreements are based on various parameters,including number of subscriptions, subscriber type andequipment type, as well as subscriber usage.With AmdocsPartner Settlement Solution, you can simultaneously defineseveral commission schemes and commission rates for the sameproducts and sales channels, as well as manage rewards.You canalso manage dealers and internal sales force commissions usingorganizational hierarchies, and both you or your dealers can viewthe commissions earned at any point throughout the month.If you’d like to find out more about the Amdocs PartnerSettlement Solution, please visit www.amdocs.com or contactyour Amdocs sales representative

AMDOCS CES: AMDOCS PARTNER SETTLEMENT SOLUTIONwww.amdocs.comABOUT AMDOCSAmdocs is the market leader in customer experience systems innovation, enabling world-leading service providers to deliver anintegrated, innovative and intentional customer experience tm – at every point of service. Amdocs provides solutions that delivercustomer experience excellence, combining the software, service and expertise to help its customers execute their strategies andachieve service, operational and financial excellence.A global company with revenue of $2.84 billion in fiscal 2007, Amdocs has over 16,000 employees and serves customers in morethan 50 countries around the world.For more information, visit Amdocs at www.amdocs.com.Amdocs has offices, development and support centers worldwide, including sites in:THE AMERICAS: ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA:BRAZIL AUSTRALIA CYPRUS IRELAND RUSSIACANADA CHINA CZECH REPUBLIC ISRAEL SPAINMEXICO INDIA fRANCE ITALY SWEDENUNITED STATES JAPAN gERMANY NETHERLANDS TURKEYTHAILAND hUNGARY POLAND UNITED KINGDOMFor the most up-to-date contact information for all Amdocs offices worldwide,please visit our website at www.amdocs.com/corporate.aspCopyright © Amdocs 2006-8. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction or distribution other than for intended purposes is prohibited, without the prior written consent of Amdocs. Amdocs reserves the right to revise this document and to make changes in thecontent from time to time without notice. Amdocs may make improvements and/or changes to the product(s) and/or programs described in this document any time. The trademarks and service marks of Amdocs, including the Amdocs mark and logo,Ensemble, Enabler, Clarify, Return on Relationship, Intelecable, Collabrent, Intentional Customer Experience tm , Cramer and Qpass are the exclusive property of Amdocs, and may not be used without permission. All other marks are the property of theirrespective owners. PARTNER_SET_SLTN_2/08