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Adjusting Billing Parameters
Field
Name
Managed By
Currency
Destination
Group Set
Counter
Reset at
Description
Description
The logical name of the discount plan object.
By default – Administrator only. The plan can be assigned
to a reseller (Managed by NNN) so that it is manageable
from the Customer Self-Provisioning web interface.
Indicates which currency is used for billing calculations.
All discounts in a plan are to be defined in this currency.
A discount plan can only be assigned to customers,
accounts and products using the same currency.
Discounts can be defined for individual groups (e.g.
US&Canada, Asia, Western Europe) within this set. Once
chosen during discount plan creation, they cannot be
changed later on.
Each discount has internal counters associated with a
corresponding account or customer. These counters store
the current value in minutes (or charged amount) of calls
made to a specific destination group. The counters go up
according to the customer or account’s billing.
• Never means the plan counters will never be reset
(zeroed). This is convenient if you wish to provide
a special promotion such as “500 free minutes of
calls to Western Europe”. In this case, the counter
will always go up, and the normal rate will be
applied after it reaches 500 minutes.
• Billing-period means the counters of the plan
will be reset when the customer’s next billing
period begins. If you have defined a discount
“first 500 minutes for free”, then the customer
will have 500 free minutes in every billing period
(month, week, etc.).
Once chosen, this setting cannot be changed later on.
Short description of discount plan.
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