Big data analytics startup, Guavus, this week announced the latest version of its IP mediation product for the cable industry - Pipeline 5.0. The company said that the enhanced version enables usage based-billing and accounting while supporting next-generation standards to help future-proof MSO networks.
According to Guavus, Pipeline 5 is designed to empower multiple systems operators (MSOs) with improved customer experience management (CEM) capabilities. Pipeline 5 is also fully compatible with next-generation network infrastructures and service standards, including Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.1, Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) and DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE).
In addition, Pipeline 5 enables MSOs to fuse Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR) data with other information, such as customer care, network and application data, to gain detailed insights into subscriber usage and behavior.
Anukool Lakhina, Founder and CEO of Guavus
Subscribers are cutting the cord in droves; abandoning fixed-term rigid packages in favor of flexible pay-as-you-go OTT services. By embracing usage-based billing, cable firms can offer the flexibility their subscribers crave by only charging for the data they consume. Yet to do so they need to have more granular, real-time visibility into subscriber consumption to feed into existing and next generation BSS frameworks. Pipeline provides that functionality while ensuring compatibility for next generation standards.
