System and method for billing communications services provisioned on demand in converging telecommunications networks

摘要

System and method for facilitating consolidated billing within a converging telecommunications network. The system and method include and involve a network resource control facility communicating with and controlling a plurality of network resources within a merged telecommunications network to deliver at least one merged communications service. Each network resource is configured to provide a communications function and to generate corresponding billing data. The network resource control facility is configured to consolidate the billing data from at least one network resource from the plurality of network resources in real-time related to at least one telecommunications service provided within said telecommunications network to generate consolidated billing data. The system and method further include an interface facility which is accessible via a network connection and which is configured to access the network resource control facility to receive the consolidated billing data to produce a consolidated billing notice related to the telecommunications service(s) that are provided.