Ticket NumberPMD-1498 (FR-359) & PMD-3206 (FR-595)
Project GoalAllow grouping of M2M and IoT SIM cards and letting them share the service units (e.g. minutes, SMS, MB) from a shared pool
Why this project exists ?

Very often MNOs/MVNOs that supply services to SIM device owners sell shared pools. So, this allows customers to more effectively utilize the traffic if they have multiple SIM cards: i.e. companies/people can have devices that under-utilize their data allowance and devices that go over their allowance can borrow from the pool. Once SIM devices have exceeded their pool allowance, customers will be charged excess usage per KB/MB/min/SMS.

Currently, shared pools can be assigned to 'sponsor' accounts with beneficiary accounts as volume discount plans. However, it's not possible to dynamically update quotas available within a shared pool when new SIM cards are activated (pool should be increased) or deactivated (pool should be decreased)

Who are the users / whom we bring value ?Customers who have large fleets of SIM devices
What are the benefits for CSP/ PortaSwitch owner?
  • MNO/MVNE/MVNO/Resellers that will be able to use PortaBilling as their OCS when they sell group plans
Target Release
AreaPortaBilling, Add-on Mart Workflows, IoT Portal

Additional Info

Specifications

References

  1. Multiple shared bundles
  2. Shared pool for accounts with different quota plans
  3. Mockup of a dashboard for the custom portal 

Definitions, acronyms and abbreviation

  • M2M = Machine-to-machine
  • IoT = Internet of Things