# Rating & Billing

Real-time CDR processing at telecom scale.

## Overview

Billing is the financial heartbeat of every telecom operator. BlueRockTEL's Rating & Billing engine has been processing CDRs and generating invoices for telecom operators since 2012. It handles the complexity of telecom pricing so you don't have to.

## Key Capabilities

### CDR Processing & Rating

- **Real-time CDR ingestion**: supports SIP, SS7, RADIUS, and flat-file CDR formats
- **Flexible rating engine**: flat-rate, per-minute, per-GB, tiered, and hybrid pricing models
- **Time-of-day and destination-based rates**: peak/off-peak, national/international, premium numbers
- **NoSQL backend**: built for volume; tested at 50,000+ CDRs per second

### Invoice Generation

- **Automated monthly billing runs**: schedule your billing cycle and let the platform handle the rest
- **Per-customer invoice customisation**: your customer's logo, payment terms, and account breakdown
- **Multi-line invoices**: one invoice covering VoIP, internet, hardware rental, and one-off charges
- **PDF generation** with white-label branding
- **VAT and tax handling**: configurable per customer and per service type

### Margin & Analytics

- **Real-time cost vs. revenue dashboard**: see your margin per customer, per service, per destination
- **Usage anomaly alerts**: flag unusually high usage that might indicate fraud or misconfiguration
- **Month-over-month comparisons**: spot churn signals early

## Who This Is Built For

This module is designed for operators billing **50 to 10,000+ customers** per month. If you are currently generating invoices manually in Excel or using a generic accounting tool, this module will save your team days of work every month.