Perhaps the best growth opportunity for telecom carriers today involves offering wholesale services to other carriers, including wireless, ISP, and regional/national fiber providers. Ethernet, dark fiber and backhaul services are growing exponentially thanks to the demand for cloud and data center connectivity, wireless backhaul, and the coming explosion of small cells thanks to 5G.

Just as all telecom sector business opportunities have proven over decades, if you can’t accurately bill for it, you can’t make money at it. This adage especially holds true for this lucrative wholesale business opportunity, and the explosion in circuits that will flow from it. Telecom carriers need the right billing platform to ensure they can fully leverage this opportunity.

So what should you look for in a billing platform?