Openet Telecom made ICESoft’s ICEbrowser their choice for their FusionWorks ActiveRate. ICEbrowser is a major player in the java browser market and Openet has made them their primary rendering engine.
ActiveRate is a software application that allows network operators to price and rate next generation services in real-time across a range of subscribers and diverse networks. ActiveRate collects events directly from network and service elements, or from other OSS components, and prices them based on the information in the event record and environmental reference points. In this application, ICEbrowser is used as the primary rendering engine assimilating and displaying all billing results. The ICEsoft solution allows Openet to seamlessly support a range of customer client platforms, as well as provide an effective upgrade path as the application and the customer network evolve.
“We evaluated a number of client rendering alternatives, and ICEbrowser was by far the most versatile,” said Gerard Curtin, VP of engineering at Openet. “The technology effectively renders content from a broad range sources allowing us to focus on our core application.”
When usage events are priced or rated via ActiveRate, ICEbrowser allows users to display and format billing results for input into post processing business applications or for real-time display to clients. In this capacity, ICEbrowser acts as the principle user interface between the application and the customer.
“After studying all of our options, it was clear that ICEsoft offered the most effective open standards product,” said Curtin. “We have just scratched the surface of the robust thick client/thin client integration that this product gives us.”
“FusionWorks ActiveRate delivers unrivalled versatility in real-time revenue data that allows network operators to maximize their business potential.” said Robert Lepack, VP of marketing, ICEsoft Technologies. “Openet is clearly an industry leader and we are pleased that they have chosen ICEsoft Technologies as a technology vendor of choice.”
John Stith is a staff writer for murdok covering technology and business.
