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Kenan/BP Overview

Kenan/BP is a billing and customer-care support system for telecommunication related products and services. It consists of task-separated modules that are integrated with a relational database management system. It is a UNIX-based open systems application.

The adapter allows enterprise systems to integrate with Kenan/BP.

Kenan/BP supports products and services like:

•

Telephony

•	Cable Services

•	Internet and Online access

•	Leased lines etc.

The billing activities supported include:

•	Customer invoice preparation

•	Customer usage accumulation

•	Payment processing etc.

Kenan/BP has a three-tiered architecture consisting of the following layers.

•	A client application (such as The Customer Center) - This is a Windows based multi-functional GUI which allows you to create, modify, or delete various Kenan/BP entities (similar to business objects).

•	Kenan/FX middleware - This provides connectivity between the client application and the Kenan/BP. The middleware consists of a Java-based interface to talk to the end application. BEA Tuxedo is tightly integrated in the Kenan FX middleware environment as a message-based communication system.

•	Kenan/BP databases - The Kenan/BP consists of Oracle or Sybase database instances which store data related to the Kenan/BP products and services. The database instances can be spread across various servers as required.

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