Billing Software or Business Environment
Typically will most operators start looking for a satellite billing environment but do later realize that they actually need a satellite business environment.
Question: So what is the different between a satellite billing software and a satellite business environment?
Answer: A satellite business environment deliver all needed to run and operate the complete satelitte setup across integrated provisioning, billing, monitoring, support, operator portal as well as integration to POP environment where needed - where a satellite billing system only deliver billing and nothing else.
Direct Access to all Satellites
Unity is directly integrated with all satellite systems on the market - allowing real time end to end management of subscribers, companies, resellers, terminals, inventory like simcards...
Basically is all user management and terminal management integrated directly with all the many providers API interfaces - and all airtime biolling is as well fully implemented allowing any combination of traffic charging to take place. The direct access allow a lot of advanced functionalities - like when monitoring are hitting certain levels will automated suspend or data bandwidth throttling be possible be executed.
Our satellite business environment offer basically any functionality needed by a satelklite operator as well as a satellite reseller, supplier integrated provisioning end to end, airtime billing including advanced invoicing, real time traffic monitoring, support environment, selfcare portal for end customers, data pop environment where needed, as well as a long list of value added services like B2B port environment, Reseller shop, Web acceleration, WAN acceleration...
The deep integration mean this isn't just a plain Inmarsat billing platform but a complete satellte business environment that integrate across provisioning, monitoring and billing allowing automated suspend based on usage, offer a single environment across any part of the business - basically a game changer for operating satellite services.
The last implemented Inmarsat service setup across provisioning, billing as will as intelligent message flow is on IDP that offer fishing vessel tracking and similar. If it is an Inmarsat service then is if fully implemented.
Frontend Environment
Frontend environment is where the daily operator work will be taking place - it handle user management, terminal management basic traffic, report views access to invoices and similar - all implemented to be extremly easy to use.
Frontend environment is connected to the backend environment in a highly secure way using a stateless API setup that allow any number of frontend to be connected with different layouts, or for redundancy as well as scalability. Frontend implementation are always done with A+++ security level and is implemented in environments that is build to prevent DDos attachs and have the ability to have WAF security enabled.
Operator Dashboard Environment
Operator Dashboard is a seperate portal environment that can only be accessed by the operator - it is more for the operators super users that in an easy to use setup can manage all the more advanced functionality, building new products through our package wizard that is integrated with the satellite operatos sales catalogues, allow management of inventory, management of rating plans, configuration of notification templates and much more.
Build new products directly in the product wizard - then add the products to the product catalogue - control who can access the different products as well as when the products will be avaliable for use.
Generating automated reports, managing advanced invoicing are all managed inside the operator dashboard.
User + Terminal Management
An advanced multi level user management capability is allowing the operator/reseller to manage all types of customers - the standard role level is covering partners, companies, subscribers / vessels / airplanes / verculars / sites - any of these can get invoices created - but it isn't limited to these predefined groups - easily allow special users that can access data across the platform access like a pilot flying multiple airplanes, a captain sailing on several ships, a financial controller - also make groups as well as invoice groups - invoice printing groups and much more - manage directly custimized permissions for the different users where needed.
Complete Satellite Operator Platform
A complete satellite reseller/operator environment that basically hand all needed to operate a succesful satellite setup. A platform that are fully integrated with provisioning, billing, monitoring as well as needed POP environment.
Provisioning integration: BGAN, FBB, GSPS, SBB, FleetOne,BGAN M2M, SPS M2M, IDP, Inmarsat Prepaid, Inmarsat LX, Inmarsat GX, Inmarsat FX, Inmarsat JX, Intelsat Flex, Eutelsat, Thuraya, Yagsat, Viasat, Oneweb, KVH VSAT, Globalstar, SIPX, Asterisk.
Billing integration: Billing integration is divided into direct satellite owner integration and reseller billing integration - Basically any major satellite network are fully integrated across billing like for Inmarsat IDP, Inmarsat FBB, Iridium Certus, Thuraya and all major resellers traffic CDR formats fully implemented across example AST, Marlink, NetworkInv, Singtel...
Usage & Spending Monitoring:
Linked to the direct integrated API interfaces with Inmarsat, Iridium, Eutelsat, Intelsat, Thuraya, Orbcomm can our advanced monitoring provide services that wouldn't normally be possible - monitoring do provide a swift range of very advanced spending and usage monitoring functionalities - that generate notifications, automatically sespend and resume packages, as well as perform interaction with the backend connected satellite providers.
Inmarsat POP Environment:
We deliver a complete Inmarsat POP data environment for operators that are connected directly with Inmarsat - this POP will for Inmarsat BGAN, FBB, SBB, GSPS, M2M, LX, GX, FX be delivering the needed ground infrastructure to handle all data traffic.
It is based on fully redundant infrastructure with Juniper SRX firewalls, routers, radius servers, monitoring servers that deliver terminal authentication, VPN connectivity BGP peering with Inmarsat MMPs in New York, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.
Our satellite POP environment is the cheapest solution on the market - yet delivering a complete fiber based redundant network - as reference is example Addvalue running our POP, Airbus Defense have it installed operating Inmarsat, Iridium and Thuraya.
POP Manager
POP Manager allow direct management of the Inmarsat POP environment - like IP management in the associated IPAM server - or the POP manager allow the normal end users access to manage own firewall settings based on profiles or directly managing the different ports on a given terminal - as well as allowing access to see traffic up and down in real time based on radius accounting data.
Get direct access to log files, firewalls, IP management as well as real time traffic view going through the POP environment or individual terminals.
Operator Portal Environment:
A complete white label portal environment are delivered as an integrated part of our product - offering the operator multiple frontend environments that can be customized for specific customers or specific projects - as well as a operator dashboard environment that allow more advanced handling like allowing the operator to manage rating plans, sales catalog, inventory, reports...
Shop, Support, B2B Environment:
In need of a satellite support environment, or a satellite shop setup or simply a B2B portal then is it all functionality that is fully available in our delivery - it basically contain all needed to operator a succesful satellite business setup.
Scalable and Robust Satellite Billing
Our Satellite Business Environment is build on the latest software technologies and have been implemented to offer Scalability, Redundancy as well as a Military grade Security across all implemented elements -
the offered environment provide basically all needed in a succesful satellite operator setup ascoss provisioning, convergent billing, real-time traffic monitoring, data POP environment in New York, Amsterdam or Hong Kong as well as basically any satellite services like tracking, remote terminal management, integrated M2M management, WAN acceleration ...
Redundant frontend nodes provide advanced - and easy to use interfaces for operator as well as self care for end customers - redundant backend nodes handle all the key functionality and is directly integrated with all the major satellite providers on the market like Inmarsat, Iridium, Intelsat, Eutelsat, Thuraya ...
Database environment is implemented in a Galara Cluser with three nodes that all are fully encrypted in-rest as well as in-transit to protect from Ransomware issues - All implemented in highly secure setup with ISO27001, SOC1, SOC2, SOC3 and PCI certifications.