User manual ALCATEL-LUCENT 8611 USAGE CONTROL BROCHURE

[. . . ] By addressing the conflicting concerns of parents and guardians with this reassuring capability, service providers can improve customer loyalty to reduce churn and increase their number of youth subscribers for growth in mature markets. They can also increase their contribution to social responsibility by enabling family safety in real time. 2 Alcatel-Lucent 8611 Usage Control Focus on the family to tap a new market The nature of mobile subscribers is continually changing. In both emerging and mature markets, this younger "tween" and teen market has become an increasingly important source of mobile subscriber growth. For service providers already facing competitive pressures, this new market presents both challenge and opportunity. [. . . ] alcatel-lucent 8611 Usage Control includes key features for service providers and subscribers Provide password-protected access and management any time and in real time User-friendly web interface Usage limit per service type Set usage limits per service and change or suspend thresholds at any time Deploy in any network: GSM, CDMA, GPRS, UMTS, IMS, WiMAX Networkagnostic Alcatel-Lucent 8611 Usage Control Time restrictions Manage a weekly calendar and define periods of time (such as school hours) with limited mobile phone use Support all subscribers: Controlled · Prepaid entity profile · Postpaid Allowed and and messages through a list of allowed and blocked blocked numbers per user numbers Control destination of calls Send notifications using SMS, e-mail or voice Notification capabilities Content control Cost control Set spending limits per service and change or suspend thresholds at any time Allow or disallow web browsing 4 Alcatel-Lucent 8611 Usage Control mobIle phone beComIng The FIrST SCreen For yoUTh globally According to newly published research from Y-pulse, youth around the world are bypassing the PC and heading straight for the mobile phone as their first screen for entertainment, communications and news. Globally, total mobile consumption time is growing so rapidly, it is outpacing both TV and Internet time. In fact, 68% say their mobile device is their most essential personal device, followed by their PC at 40%. Source: The Powerful Teen Market, Megan Miller, February 1, 2009, http://www. bonnier. com/en/content/powerful-teen-market make it easy with web-based self-management With intuitive, web-based self-management capabilities, parents and guardians can easily and securely update each child's profile at any time and in real time. For example, they can adapt restrictions to match changing behavior patterns or to reflect a new maturity milestone. To ensure limits stay in tune with the dynamic social lives of their children, they can change allowed and blocked calling lists on-the-fly for specific situations and specific people. Figure 2 illustrates the customizable self-management user interface provided with the application. Service providers can also use the product's application programming interface (API) to develop their own user interface. Figure 2. alcatel-lucent 8611 Usage Control includes an intuitive self-management web interface for parents Include usage control in any offering, any network configuration Service providers can offer Alcatel-Lucent 8611 Usage Control as a standalone service or as part of a service bundle. They can also deploy it in any network configuration -- pre-integrated with the Alcatel-Lucent 8610 Instant Convergent Charging Suite, with another vendor's payment platform or as a standalone application. This flexibility makes Alcatel-Lucent 8611 Usage Control ideal for service providers in both emerging and mature markets and for service providers with either an Alcatel-Lucent or a non-Alcatel-Lucent payment platform. Alcatel-Lucent 8611 Usage Control 5 Usage control in action: One family's story Like many parents, John and Marie wanted their 12-year-old son, Sam, and 10-year-old daughter, Sophie, to have a mobile phone for safety and security. But they imagined out-ofcontrol monthly bills, non-stop text messaging and calls to other overlychatty kids. They went to their service provider's web site and learned about new usage control capabilities made possible by Alcatel-Lucent. Once John and Marie saw how easy and cost effective it is to limit their children's use of mobile voice and data services, they went ahead and subscribed to the service. Here's a look at the separate profiles they have set up for Sam and Sophie. Sophie has a prepaid service that includes 200 anytime minutes, 1000 night and weekend minutes and 1000 text messages. She can send pictures and video clips with her messages, download ringtones and send instant messages. Because her parents set limits through their new usage control service, Sophie is not allowed to talk on the phone or send messages during school hours. To ensure she doesn't chat away all her minutes and can concentrate on her homework, Sophie is also not allowed to use her mobile phone to talk to her best friend, Elena, during the week. [. . . ] The Alcatel-Lucent 8611 Usage Control application provides the policy enforcement functionality within the Alcatel-Lucent Convergent Payment solution. The Alcatel-Lucent Convergent Payment solution is an industry-leading, highly configurable solution that is deployed at more than 215 service providers, supporting more than 450 million subscribers worldwide. Service providers can add Alcatel-Lucent 8611 Usage Control capabilities to existing prepaid or postpaid subscription plans. They can integrate the application with their Alcatel-Lucent payment platform, another vendor's payment platform or deploy it as a standalone application. [. . . ]