New Billing Terms

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Last updated: Nov 30, 2016
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When to use New Billing Terms

Use the New Billing Terms Classification to replace the subscriber's current contract with a new one or in order to change basic attributes of the current contract such as:

  • Billing Term Scheme
  • Billing Frequency
  • Price Plan
  • Binding Period
  • Binding Start
  • Binding End
  • Concurrent Usage
  • Concurrent Usage Rate Percentage

View the Information Table below for information related to the Scheduling, Preview Rating and Classification of the Subscription Action. Check the Validations & Restrictions Table  for a list of available Actions, including each Action's related validations, restrictions, additional information and a description of its system process.
View 'Using the Subscription Action Modal' available in Managing Subscriptions for more information on executing the Action.

NEW BILLING TERMS

Subscription Action Information

Action can be scheduledPreview Rate AvailableBehaviour CodeBusiness Classification Code
(tick)(error)AMENDBILLINGTERMSNOBINDINGPERIODTERMCHANGES

Restrictions & Validations

ActionValidationsRestrictionsAdditional InformationSystem Processing
New Billing Terms
  • The following fields have options based on the existing or selected Prepaid or Normal Billing Term Scheme of the Subscription:
    1. Concurrent Usage Based Pricing Rules
    2. Billing Term Frequency
    3. Binding Period
    4. Price Plan
    5. The 'Effective' Subscription Services are within the supported Services.
  • The Action is not allowed if another scheduled Amend Billing Terms Action exists. You will be allowed to schedule the update of the Billing Term only after the scheduled Action.
  • The Action is available only if the Subscription is in one of the following Life Cycle States:
    • Draft
    • Effective
    • Not Effective
    • In Resting

  • The following fields are only visible and available for selection if certain conditions are met:
    • Binding Period: The selected Billing Term Scheme is not of Type Prepaid.
    • Binding Start: The selected Billing Term Scheme is not of Type Prepaid.
    • Concurrent Usage: The selected Billing Term Scheme supports concurrent usage.
    • Concurrent Usage Percentage: The selected Billing Term Scheme supports concurrent usage.
  • A new Billing Term instance which replicates the previous one and has identical binding terms is created and activated.
  • The existing Billing Term is replaced and set to 'Inactive'.

  • When replacing a Prepaid Billing Term Scheme with post-rated Services with a Prepaid Billing Term Scheme with pre-rated Services (given that the Services are the same) or vice versa, the following will occur in the system:

    • On switching from prepaid post-rated to prepaid pre-rated: 
      • The system applies the same validations that are applied while setting a Service as 'Effective'.
      • No Billing is executed.
      • The Services that changed from post-rated to pre-rated will be billed for a period in advance through the next scheduled Prepaid Billing Run.
    • On switching from prepaid pre-rated to prepaid post-rated Billing Term scheme
      • No Billing Actions are applied
      • The Services that changed from pre-rated to post-rated will be credited for the period that was billed in advance and will be billed again through the next scheduled Prepaid Billing Run.
        • The period to be credited will start from the date after the Action was executed up to the date that the Service was billed in advance.

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