MACH Announces Roaming Margin Analysis Solution

MACH (News - Alert), a provider of hub-based mobile solutions, announced the launch of an automated solution that allows mobile operators to compare their wholesale roaming inter-operator tariffs (IOTs) with interconnect termination rates.

Leveraging the MACH Roaming Margin Analysis (RMA) solution, operators can assess wholesale margins from international roaming. It will assist operators to optimize their volume commitments and roaming business operations.

The roaming margin analysis solution is part of Mach’s wholesale service bureau. It offers accurate and actionable output in minutes. Operators can benefit from time and cost savings, company officials said.

“Understanding the wholesale margins they are generating on roaming is essential for operators to optimize their business operations,” said Artur Michalczyk, chief product officer at MACH, in a statement. 

“Traditionally, however, this was either impossible, or the manual approach required to obtain, analyze and action this information would take several weeks to complete, during which time operators run the risk of losing money on their roaming margins,” Michalczyk added.

Thanks to MACH’s RMA solution, operators can now better understand margins on outbound retail roaming tariffs and develop re-pricing strategies for outbound roaming tariffs. Operators can use the solution as a wholesale revenue assurance audit tool, providing a reporting capability that can be used to understand both margin and revenue discrepancies on interconnection routes.

This is a significant solution, as operators risk losing money on their roaming business without a timely means of comparing interconnect termination rates to IOTs. Roaming margin analysis ensures that operators can align IOTs with interconnect termination fees.

Recently, MACH acquired German telecom software provider Optel Informatik, a provider of fraud management and revenue assurance solutions for communication service providers worldwide. The acquisition enables MACH to become a ‘One-Stop-Shop’ for revenue protection solutions and positions the company as a global player in the fraud and revenue assurance market.

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