Application specific M2M billing reconciliation

A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium for use in machine to machine (M2M) network for Internet of Things (IoT);

• containing program instructions for:
• receiving application usage information regarding one or more billable activities for one or more devices from an application provider core by a billing and analytic system;
• receiving cloud service usage information regarding the one or more billable activities for the one or more devices from a cloud operator providing cloud services by a billing and analytic system;
• comparing the received application usage information and the received cloud service usage information for one or more discrepancies in relation to one or more billable activities by a reconciliation engine;
• and
• reporting one or more identified discrepancies in accordance with the one or more billable activities.

A computer implemented method for use in machine to machine (M2M) network;

• the method comprising:
• receiving customer usage information regarding one or more billable activities from one or more network elements in relation to devices used on the associated network by a billing and analytic system;
• linking the received customer usage information to at least one application provisioned on the device;
• receiving cloud service usage information for the devices from a cloud operator providing cloud services;
• comparing the linked customer usage information from one or more network elements and the received cloud service usage information from the cloud operator providing cloud services for one or more discrepancies in relation to the one or more billable activities by a reconciliation engine;
• and
• reporting one or more identified discrepancies in accordance with the one or more billable activities.