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With the KPN Telecom PSTN Premium Transit Service,
Telcos can have calls that originate on their own networks terminate
at another Telco via the KPN Telecom network without having to have
direct interconnection with that party. KPN has two ways to arrange
financial settlement with the receiving party on whose network the
call terminates: For calls to geographical and mobile numbers, KPN
purchases a PSTN/PLMN Terminating service from the destination Telco
and arranges wholesale payment. For calls to the Personal Numbers
(087), Pagers (06) and Electronic Messaging Numbers (084) of service
providers, the financial settlement is arranged by the KPN Telecom
PSTN Transit Handling Service. There are three parties involved
in transit traffic flows - the calling party Telco A, the transit
operator KPN and the receiving party Telco B.
KPN arranges the financial transactions with the Telco where the
call terminates. The payments for transit calls to 084 unified messaging,
087 personal numbers or 06 paging numbers on a Telco's network/platform
are arranged using the KPN Telecom PSTN Transit Handling Service.
Telco B is paid by KPN and does not have to deal with the various
calling Telcos. This means that KPN also takes over the debt/collection
risks from Telco B.
Additional Services
KPN Telecom PSTN Electronic Messaging Connect Service
EMC enables the 084 numbers of a service provider to be dialled
by end users on KPN Telecom's fixed network.
KPN Telecom PSTN Personal Number Connect Service
PNC enables the 087 numbers of a service provider to be dialled
by end users on KPN Telecom's fixed network.
KPN Telecom PSTN Paging Connect Service
Paging Connect enables the 06 paging numbers of a service provider
to be dialled by end users on KPN Telecom's fixed network.
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KPN arranges the contacts and contracts with all the calling
Telcos. |
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KPN arranges the financial transactions with the calling
parties; KPN thus also takes over the debt/collection risks
from Telco B. |
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Telco B tells KPN which retail charge, from the permitted
set, it wants to be applied to its 084, 087 and paging number
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Quality of Service
The KPN Telecom PSTN Transit Handling Service is monitored round
the clock by network managers at KPN's National Service Monitoring
Centre (LDBC). They watch the quality of service 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. If problems occur despite this monitoring, the
KPN Telecom Wholesale Service Desk of LDBC provides assistance
to customers. The staff on the desk have the means to solve problems
quickly. Depending on the nature of the problem, KPN aims for
a service restoration time of 2, 4 or 8 hours.
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