Charging in Telecommunication

Charging
Charging associated with collecting detailed data about a conversation or use of services. Based on these data made the determination, the generation and recording meter pulses and their accumulation, which can be processed further to calculate the cost of such a conversation or service.
Billing
Making records showing the amount to be paid by each customer to the operator of the right has been using the services provided by operators.
Aspect Rates
Rates for PSTN services, IDN and mobile, generally consists of two components:

• Basic component is the burden of network usage, which is the basis for closing costs and services depends on the use of network facilities junctions.
• Specific component is the load for the installation and use of the network. This load depends on the type and facilities and / or regions. This burden consists of: initial installation fee (once only when installed) subscription fee or monthly rent. Basic facilities charges cost an additional feature usage

Along with the advancing of the society prosperity, telecommunication is becoming one of the basic needs. The extensive size of the Indonesian territory with the geographical condition consists of many islands and spread out of community are the potential market in
naming the telecommunication businesses.
To enhance the availability of telecommunication services, the Government enacted the Law No. 3 year 1989 regarding the telecommunication services and Ministrial Decree No. 79 year 1995 regarding the guide line of telecommunication service basic rates adjustment. Pricing system using price cap is a formula used by PT TELKOM in determining the annual increasing of telecommunication service rates. This price cap is a formula an approach to resolves the maximum changes of telecommunication service rates considering inflation rate (consumer price index), productivity and external factors.
The objectives of this study are to reveal telecommunication service rates structure, the link age of the price cap formula to telecommunication service rates structure and to apportion the increasing of telecommunication service rates for all subscriber's categories. The result of this study shows that the price cap formula and the operational cost structure are related in determining the increasing of telecommunication service rates. Based on the Government Decree, the maximum apportionment is 30% for social subscribers and above 30%
is allowed for residential and business subscribers. However the appropriate apportionment according to subscriber's willingness to pay is 10%. The increasing of telecommunication rates are affected to monthly cost, usage of domestic and long distance direct dialing, but not affected to new installation cost. The analysis shows that 35% increasing rates results in additional company's profit and telecommunication access as amount 2% and economic growth 6% then for 38% increasing rates results in additional company's profit and telecommunication access as amount 3% and economic growth 9%.