Cognic Systems

Billing & Enterprise B2B Systems • Solution #931

Telecom Revenue Assurance Software | CDR Reconciliation & Leakage Auditing

Continuous revenue assurance and leakage auditing platform reconciling CDRs from network switches, mediation engines, billing systems, and general ledgers to protect carrier margins.

99.99%
CDR Reconciliation Accuracy
$5.5M
Average Annual Leakage Recaptured
< 24 Hours
Discrepancy Identification Cycle
100%
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance
Direct Answer

What is Telecom Revenue Assurance Software in Telecom & Communications?

Telecom revenue assurance software audits the end-to-end billing chain, cross-checking network switch logs, mediation engines, billing records, and accounting ledgers. By identifying unrated call records, tariff misconfigurations, and interconnect settlement discrepancies, it prevents revenue leakage across enterprise and consumer operations.

Architectural Standard
Distributed Financial Reconciliation & Audit Mesh
Security / Compliance
TM Forum GB941 / TR131, SOX 404, IFRS 15
Latency / Performance
< 15 min Near-Real-Time Discrepancy Flagging
Integrations
SAP ERP, Oracle Financials, Amdocs, Netcracker
Enterprise Capabilities

Core Engineering Capabilities for Modern Telecom Networks

Production-grade features designed for CSPs, MNOs, MVNOs, and telecommunications infrastructure providers.

End-to-End CDR Reconciliation

Reconcile call, SMS, and data usage records across network switches, mediation layers, charging engines, and customer invoices.

Automated Tariff Configuration Auditing

Detect discrepancies between published marketing tariffs and the actual rating parameters coded into billing engines to prevent under-billing.

Partner & Wholesale Settlement Verification

Audit interconnect traffic records and roaming clearinghouse (TAP) files against carrier contract rates to resolve billing disputes.

Unbilled Usage & Orphan Account Detection

Identify active network connections, SIM cards, or data circuits consuming carrier bandwidth without an active billing account.

Margin & Cost of Service Analytics

Calculate exact gross margins per subscriber, enterprise contract, and network service plan by correlating costs with billed revenues.

Automated Financial Audit Reporting

Generate complete, auditable control logs satisfying Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 and IFRS 15 revenue recognition mandates.

Industry Friction Solved

Overcoming Mission-Critical Telecom Bottlenecks

How our technical implementations resolve legacy BSS lock-in, subscriber churn, 5G slicing complexity, and revenue leakage.

Challenge

Silent Revenue Leakage in Complex Bundles

Multi-play bundles combining fiber broadband, mobile lines, and streaming services frequently suffer rating errors that go unnoticed for months.

Technical Solution
Automated reconciliation scripts audit 100% of generated billing records against contract tariffs, catching discrepancies in hours.
Challenge

Massive CDR Volume Reconciliation Bottlenecks

Comparing hundreds of millions of daily network event records against billing transactions in spreadsheets is technically impossible.

Technical Solution
High-speed distributed big data engines reconcile up to one billion records daily, isolating discrepancies with pinpoint accuracy.
Challenge

Unmetered 5G Data Usage from Protocol Changes

New 5G core service-based interfaces (SBI) occasionally fail to report session termination, allowing users to consume unmetered high-speed data.

Technical Solution
Continuous cross-layer audits compare user plane byte counters against charging function records, identifying untracked data flows.
Challenge

Disputed Inter-Carrier Roaming Settlements

Incompatible TAP3 file interpretations lead to protracted disputes and frozen cash flows with international roaming partners.

Technical Solution
Automated roaming reconciliation validates exchange rates, tax calculations, and minutes against GSMA clearinghouse baselines.
Execution Pipeline

End-to-End Carrier Delivery & Rollout Workflow

A disciplined four-stage engineering lifecycle ensuring zero subscriber downtime and seamless core network integration.

01

Audit Node Instrumentation

Establish non-intrusive data extraction taps at network switches, mediation engines, rating databases, and general ledgers.

02

Reconciliation Model Configuration

Configure reconciliation rules based on TM Forum Revenue Assurance standards (GB941) matching volumes, duration, and charges.

03

Automated Discrepancy Triaging

Run continuous matching pipelines, grouping orphan records and rating anomalies into prioritized investigation cases.

04

Root Cause Resolution & Recovery

Route verified leakage incidents to billing and network engineering teams, generating back-billing adjustments and financial journal entries.

System Blueprint

Four-Tier Scalable Carrier Architecture

Cloud-native infrastructure adhering to TM Forum Open Digital Architecture (ODA) and 3GPP standards.

Data Extraction Tier

Network & Billing Ingestion

Apache NiFi SFTP Connectors Database Change Data Capture Kafka
Reconciliation Tier

High-Volume Matching Engine

Apache Spark ClickHouse PostgreSQL Python Rules Engine
Analytics & Case Tier

Leakage Investigation & Workflow

Go Microservices Elasticsearch Redis Cache Temporal Workflows
Executive Audit Console

Revenue Assurance Portal

React Web UI TM Forum GB941 Reports SAP Financials Connector REST APIs
Interoperability & Standards

Certified Security & Telecom Industry Compliance

Engineered to comply with TM Forum Open APIs, 3GPP specifications, ETSI standards, and carrier data security laws.

TM Forum GB941 Revenue Assurance Guidebook
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Section 404 Internal Controls
IFRS 15 / ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers
GSMA Transferred Account Procedure (TAP3) Standards
ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
Verified Benchmarks

Measurable Outcomes Across Carrier Operations

Demonstrated performance gains across billing accuracy, network availability, churn mitigation, and operational expenses.

$5.5M
Average Annual Unbilled Revenue Recaptured
99.99%
End-to-End Billing Verification Rate
85%
Reduction in Revenue Leakage Investigation Time
4 Mo
Full System Implementation Payback
Deployment Models

Carrier-Grade Deployment Architecture

Flexible operational setups supporting telco edge clouds, private carrier datacenters, and sovereign hybrid cloud.

Carrier Financial Private Cloud

Air-gapped deployment in carrier datacenters guaranteeing strict internal confidentiality for financial records and billing logs.

Hybrid Hyperscaler Analytics

Secure cloud instance ingesting tokenized CDR records from regional operating entities for multi-national carrier group visibility.

Turnkey Revenue Assurance SaaS

Hosted multi-tenant audit platform tailored for MVNOs and fiber altnets requiring immediate billing integrity verification.

Knowledge Base

Frequently Asked Questions

Direct technical answers regarding TM Forum Open APIs, 5G standalone cores, diameter/HTTP2 mediation, and billing scalability.

What is the primary cause of revenue leakage in modern telecommunications networks?

The most common causes are configuration errors between product catalogs and billing rating engines, unrated call detail records dropped by mediation filters, unbilled data usage during network handover, and partner settlement discrepancies.

How does the software handle billions of CDR records without slowing down billing runs?

The system operates out-of-band using non-intrusive database change-data-capture (CDC) and distributed streaming engines (ClickHouse/Apache Spark), auditing transactions in parallel without impacting active billing production.

Can the software detect unbilled orphan SIM cards or active connections?

Yes. The system correlates HLR/HSS active subscriber databases and network IP session logs against billing customer ledgers, identifying SIM cards transmitting data without corresponding active subscription contracts.

How does the platform support Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) audit compliance?

The platform maintains automated, immutable audit logs of all transaction reconciliations, revenue leakage discoveries, and corrective adjustments, providing external auditors with verified control proof under SOX Section 404.

Does the software reconcile wholesale partner interconnect and roaming fees?

Yes. The system audits incoming and outgoing GSMA TAP3/RAP roaming records and carrier interconnect CDRs, validating billing minutes, call termination charges, and contractual rate discounts to resolve disputes.

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