The Planing Design And Enginering Practice Of Uni-Info Services Manage System Cutover Of Shanxi Unicom

The Uni-Info Service is a value-added short message service for mobile users registered with China Unicom. Being a mainstay product, it provides its users with varieties of value-added services based on text message:chat room, data searching, fortune-telling, voting, interactive TV involvement, E-office, alarming etc. In addition, the Uni-Info Service is the supporting system of GPRS such as peer-to-peer MMS and i-News. Thus, the project is closely related to the future development of the overall value-added service of the Company, obtaining the demonstrative effect on regulating service operation. It also attracts special attention from the lowest units all the way up to the Headquarter. Technical support is required to avoid any SP violations and to track different consuming parties so that the SP can achieve the goal of integrated management, integrated service display and integrated billing. VAC, being the public authentication and management center for value-added services, and BSS, being the only outlet for ordering and billing, are combined to become the best solution.Drawing on the status quo of the Uni-Info Service in China Unicom, the paper analyses the bottleneck of the gateway and the risks caused by change of billing systems from SP to BSS. The billing system is not able to be integrated since the administration and inquiries of transactions ordering belong to the business sectors. The customer care system is unable to provide consolidate support to consumers due to lack of effective communication. The risk of SIM card reselling does exist since the business platform is unable to synchronize with BSS customer status. The real-time billing for pre-pay service is not flawless due to obsolete technology. All these major problems can be solved when Uni-Info Service is cutover to BSS/VAC, which will lay solid foundation for the future development of VA services.The paper focuses on exploring the implementation plan of how Uni-Info Service cutover to BSS/VAC. After explaining the network configuration and relationship between all network elements, the paper discusses some basic principles, factors that needs consideration and the implementing procedure of the cutover. In-depth research and detailed suggestions are made on all phases of the project:the basic procedure, the rollback, customer care, transfer sequence, and the relevant key points of the cutover etc. As the project is to be implemented step-by-step and phase-by-phase, briefing on the finished parts will very well serve for the overall quality control and perfection.As the chief team leader for Shanxi Province, the author plays an important role in the project design and evaluation. The project is of significant value to the development of China Unicorn’s Uni-Info Service. It also places enlightenment on the growth of the VA services. The feasibility of the cutover project may well exert reference and benefits to the construction of VA services for certain business departments.