Title :
Enhancing business partnerships with the B2B gateway
Author :
Valitalo, Pekka ; Wartmann, Tim
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Bus. Unit, Comarch SA, Warsaw, Poland
Abstract :
Business-to-business (B2B) partnerships bring a need for a B2B platform as a middle-ground solution that enables the information exchange and interaction between operators´ and business partners´ applications. The article discusses the market need for communication between partners´ applications, classes of exchanged information and topics connected with revenue management, customer-centric and telco-centric business models, and the B2B gateway concept in the mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) - mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business case. The classes of information exchanged and managed by the discussed B2B gateway concept includes service usage data, profile management, provisioning, electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP), data and system security, as well as charging and AAA.
Keywords :
corporate modelling; electronic data interchange; electronic money; mobile computing; security of data; B2B gateway; business-to-business partnership; customer-centric business model; data security; electronic bill presentment and payment; information exchange; mobile virtual network enabler; mobile virtual network operator; profile management; provisioning; revenue management; service usage data; system security; telco-centric business model; Application software; Business communication; Companies; Consumer electronics; Cryptography; Data models; Information management; Mobile communication; Printing; Resource management; B2B; B2B gateway; MVNE; MVNO; business-to-business; integrations; revenue management; revenue sharing;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligence in Next Generation Networks, 2009. ICIN 2009. 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bordeaux
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4693-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4694-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICIN.2009.5357052
