Eyal Yaron, Director of Product Solutions at Allot Communications, explains how telecom operators can both optimize and monetize the subscriber experience. He describes approaches to value-based offerings, namely application based charging.
2. Telecommunication Service Evaluation
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From a functional utility to a
lifestyle gadget
Providing communication service
is all about “User Experience”
User Experience and Brand
Perception impact buying
Voice minutes, Air-time and
kilobytes evolve into service
plans, and bundles
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5. Application Based Charging –
The Service Bundle of “free” OTT usage
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Offering
Offer bundle of data package with
premium music service from content
partner where partner traffic is not
charged
Pricing
Bundle offered to prepaid and postpaid
markets
• OTT Bundle data plan ~22$ Per Month
• OTT Service ‘market’ price ~6$ for
mobile & PC access
• MB price uplifted by 37% compared with
similar timevolume plans
6. Application Based Charging –
The Service Bundle of “free” OTT usage
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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
H2 2012 H1 2013 H2 2013
OTT Bundle Users
Postpaid Prepaid
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200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
H2 2012 H1 2013 H2 2013
Total Traffic (GB)
159%
Income growth from data service
227%
Data traffic growth
217%
Data users growth
25 Fold
growth in postpaid subscribers
opt-in to these plans
Results after 18 Months
7. Value Added Service
Parental Control Safe Browsing
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Offering
Pricing
• Residential mobile subscribers are
offered parental control service which
enables control over internet activity of
young family members
• Parent can control allowed web
categories and activity times
• Plan priced at USD 1.35 (€1) monthly
per subscriber
8. Parental Control Example
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Pre-defined Profiles
(eg. Teenager)
Full Personalization
Per Category Filtering
Time of Day Policies
9. Value Added Service
Parental Control Safe Browsing
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Results
2 Million subscribers
in 9 Months from
launch
Outstanding take-up
rate, ~10% on yearly
base
More than $17M
Revenues in first
year!
5-7 Months ROI
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5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
Subscribers Opt-in Rate
Forecast Actual
10. Digital Lifestyle Impact
The Service Provider View on the Network
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What are the popular OTT
Applications and which devices were
used?
What is the impact on the network of
launching a package with a “free” OTT
application ?
Evaluate costs and risks related with
new plans
Analyze the impact on existing service
plans
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The secrets of good ABC solutions
Accurate Identification
• Keep your application identification element updated
with frequent changes of OTT traffic
• Update your solution frequently with low operational
costs
Tight Enforcement
• Making package terms that can be enforced, there is
always someone trying to find a hole in fence..
Rich Reporting and Analytics
• Enable marketing deeper view into user and
application activity