User's Manual

System Management Features

Information and Reports

DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2

Overview

555-233-002

Issue 1

April 2000

Call Charge Information

Provides two ways to know the approximate charge for calls made on outgoing trunks:

■ Advice of Charge — For ISDN trunks

Advice of Charge (AOC) collects charge information from the public network for

each outgoing call. Charge advice is a number representing the cost of a call; it is

recorded as either a charging or currency unit.

■ Periodic Pulse Metering — For non-ISDN trunks

Periodic Pulse Metering (PPM) accumulates pulses transmitted from the public

network at periodic intervals during an outgoing trunk call. At the end of the call, the

number of pulses collected is the basis for determining charges.

Call-charge information helps you to account for the cost of outgoing calls without waiting

for the next bill from your network provider. This is especially important in countries where

telephone bills are not itemized. You can also use this information to let employees know

the cost of their phone calls, and so encourage them to help manage the company’s

telecommunications expenses.

NOTE:

This feature is not offered by the public network in some countries, including the

United States.

In addition, the Pass Advice of Charge to BRI endpoints feature will transparently pass

AOC information that has been received from PRI networks to WCBRI endpoints.

Bulletin Board

Provides a place on the switch where you can post information and receive messages

from other switch users, including Lucent Technologies personnel. Anyone with

appropriate permissions can use the bulletin board for everyday messages. In addition,

Lucent Technologies personnel can leave high-priority messages, which are displayed on

the first 10 lines of the bulletin board.

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