Charging method in telecommunications network

Abstract

A method and system for charging a subscriber (10) in a telecommunications network comprising nodes (11 and 12) connected to a mediator unit (14), whereby a billing unit (15) comprising the subscriber's (10) charging data can be located outside the network used, preferably in the subscriber's (10) home network, in a subscriber identity module (SIM) or behind an open service architecture (OSA) associated with the network, the method comprising the following steps of: noting in the nodes (11 and 12) the event data related to the services used by the subscriber (10) and reporting the event data to the mediator unit (14), the event data being converted substantially in real time in the mediator unit (14) by applying the network charging algorithms to provide a charging data format understandable to the billing unit (15), expressed preferably as an amount of money spent or as charging pulses, for the updating of the subscriber's (10) charging data between the mediator unit (14) and the billing unit (15).

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