Tariffs

Created by Sagecom Support, Modified on Sat, 5 Aug, 2023 at 9:59 PM by Sagecom Support

Tariffs

A tariff is a collection of individual rates, a rate being a per-destination price. Each tariff has its own set of rates. Call billing is based on billing units. You can define two billing units for each destination: the first billing unit (interval) and the next billing unit (interval). Billing unit precision is one second, and the minimum length of each unit is likewise one second. Typical billing unit configurations include 60/6 (the first unit, i.e. the minimum charged call duration, is one minute, and subsequent intervals are one-tenth of a minute, i.e. six seconds) and 1/1 (per-second billing).

The main Tariff Management page shows a list of all existing tariffs. Tariffs can be located using the Search form.

To edit a tariff, click on its name in the list. Click the Edit Rate icon to edit individual rates for the given tariff. Click the Upload icon to upload rates into the given tariff.

The Delete icon will be visible only when the tariff is not in use (not assigned to any customer or vendor and not being used in any product’s rating entry), and enables permanent deletion of the given tariff.

Each reseller operates with three types of tariffs:

Wholesale tariffs – Tariffs according to which the reseller is billed by a higher-level reseller or service provider.
Resale tariffs – Tariffs that the reseller charges their subresellers.
Sales tariffs – Tariffs that the reseller charges their end users.

Add / Edit Tariff

Existing tariffs can be edited by clicking on the tariff’s name in the list.

Field	Description
Name	The logical name for the tariff.
Currency	Indicates the currency in which pricing information is defined. All pricing information for a single tariff must be defined in the same currency.
Applied To	Reseller – Tariffs according to which the reseller is billed by a higher-level reseller or service provider Subreseller – Tariffs that the reseller charges their subresellers. Customer – Tariffs that the reseller charges their end users.
Service	The service for which this tariff will be used.
Default Off-Peak Period	Allows to select one of the previously defined off-peak periods. If you do not differentiate between peak and off-peak rates, just choose Not defined.
Format	This defines which numbering format rates will be added to the tariff. The options are: 164 – Add rates for E.164 destinations. This is the default value. 212 – Add rates for destinations in the E.212 format. For all other services the format value is read-only and dimmed.
Destination Group Set	A set of destination groups (UK-Mobile, CZ-Mobile, etc.) you would like to use for more convenient rate entry.
Free Seconds	Number of free seconds granted for each call. In order to claim free seconds, the length of the call must be at least one billing unit (i.e. the first interval; see the ‘Enter Rates’ section above).
Post Call Surcharge	Increases the total call cost by the given value.
Login Fee	Amount to be charged immediately after the first user authentication.
Connect Fee	Amount to be charged for each successful call, in addition to other charges.
Round Charged Amount	Pattern that defines the rounding of a charged amount in an individual xDR. This pattern takes the form of XXX000. An X (to the left) means that the digit in this position will be left unchanged, while a zero (to the right) means that this position will be rounded off. For example, XXXXX.XX000 means that the amount will be rounded up two decimal places, so that 1.2345 becomes 1.24. Note that rounding off is always done upwards.
Default Formula	Default call rating formula applied to new rates. Note that the value of this parameter is only used when a new rate is inserted. Modification of this parameter has no effect on existing rates.
Update Usage Time	This determines when the First Usage and the Last Usage fields of an account get updated. If you select Only by billable records the fields will be updated by generating a successful toll call/event. If you select Always – the fields will be updated by the successful usage of any toll-free services.
Short Description	For example, for the tariff name "ABC-SmartCall-USD-1800", the short description will be "Smart call using a toll-free number".
Description	Tariff description.

Free Seconds, Connect Fee and Post-Call Surcharge are only applied when the default rating method is used. For more about different call rating methods, see the PortaBilling Administrator Guide.

Tariff Management for Subresellers

Tariff management for subresellers is similar to that of tariff management for resellers. Besides, subresellers are provided with the following additional options:

Reconciliation of wholesale and sales tariffs. To easily find out which wholesale tariff corresponds to a specific sales tariff, the Wholesale Tariff column has been added to the Tariff Management page.
Also, the wholesale tariff which corresponds to a specific sales tariff can be accessed by clicking the Wholesale Tariff link, which is located on the sales Tariff Info page.
The opportunity to generate rates. As an alternative to the rate upload procedure and manual rate definition, subresellers can automatically generate rates for their sales tariffs. Rates for sales tariffs are generated by applying a markup (in percentage) or a fixed amount to rates that are defined in wholesale tariffs.

It is also possible to specify the first and next intervals for the new rates. If the First and Next Interval fields are left empty, these intervals will be taken from the wholesale tariff rates.

Rates for sales tariffs can be generated even if wholesale and sales tariffs are defined in different currencies. For such tariffs, initial prices are automatically converted into the currency chosen for the sales tariff according to the exchange rates defined in the system.

NOTE: The opportunity to generate rates and other options described in this section are only available for sales tariffs.