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AcuRate
Optimal Cost Call Routing Generation and
Analysis
AcuRate is the number crunching nucleus of the Acuité suite.
It provides carriers with a powerful tool that gives them insight into
complex variable costs (e.g., cost per minute by tiered rates) that
were once believed too complex to manage. Creating a linkage
between routing plans that reside in the network and the rich
information available from AcuCDR data, the AcuRate module generates,
manages and reports on
network cost, quality and performance data. This data is then
used for designing the Optimal
Cost Routing Model that will be deployed into network switches.
Detailed reporting can then be performed to eliminate the guesswork
associated with identifying cost reduction opportunities across a
network.
By zeroing in on data at a call-by-call level of detail and summarizing
it up to actionable levels, AcuRate enables carriers to identify hidden
costs and provides the levers to pull to take immediate corrective
actions. Given the complexity, volume and dynamic nature of
interconnect pricing and cost data, AcuRate enables carriers to control
the data, while others can simply manage it, thereby yielding a
considerable cost savings and competitive advantage.
In generating routing for the network, AcuRate goes beyond simplistic least cost call routing to optimal cost call routing.
It generates optimal cost routing models, or OCRMs, by balancing
complex financial variables, customized business rules, network
topology and quality of service (QoS) objectives. More
specifically, AcuRate automatically generates OCRMs by aggregating a
broad scope of granular financial variables, including interconnect
partner (ICP) rate decks, tariff rates, volume commitments, billing
increments, discounts, jurisdictional pricing, and more.
Every time a routing update is run, AcuRate intelligently prioritizes
and orchestrates more than 1 million route choices for all possible
North American destinations and generates the Optimal Cost Routing
Model (OCRM). Thus, AcuRate enables carriers to fully align both
network and business objectives - providing unparalleled visibility,
insight, and control into network costs.
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