Running inbound and outbound roaming: data exchange with partners, error handling, settlement and launching new roaming agreements.
Usage files from partner networks arrive via the clearing house.
Check format and content; reject errors back to the partner.
Charge the customer under their roaming plan.
Pay the partner the wholesale amount.
Record visitors' usage from the network.
Build files per partner and send them.
Correct records the partner rejects and resend.
Invoice partners for the wholesale amount.
Sign the commercial and technical agreement.
Set up partner data, tariffs and network routing.
Exchange test files and test calls.
Go live and monitor.
This page describes generic industry practice and public standards. It is not based on, and does not describe, any particular vendor's product or operator's systems.