Custom software for telecommunications operators, MVNOs, ISPs, and companies building products on top of telecom infrastructure.
Billing accuracy, service reliability, and operational automation are not negotiable in telecom. We build systems that reflect those standards -- not generic business software adapted for telco workflows.
Billing and revenue management systems built for complex plan structures and usage-based charging
Customer self-service portals for account management, plan changes, and usage monitoring
MVNO platform components -- provisioning, porting, activation, and lifecycle management
AI-powered operations: churn prediction, network anomaly detection, and fraud detection
Summary
RaftLabs builds custom telecommunications software for network operators, MVNOs, ISPs, and companies building products on top of telecom infrastructure. We develop billing and revenue management systems, customer self-service portals, network monitoring and operations tooling, MVNO platform components, telecom API integration layers, and AI-powered operations automation.
4+Telecom businesses across markets served
·BSS/OSSAnd network integration expertise
·100+Software products shipped
·FixedCost delivery
Telecom software built for telco accuracy
Telecom billing errors are not just customer service problems -- they are revenue leakage, regulatory risk, and churn drivers. Network monitoring gaps are not just operational inconveniences -- they are SLA breaches and service quality incidents.
Operators running on manual back-office processes, inflexible billing systems, and disconnected support tooling are building revenue risk into every subscriber interaction. The problem is not a lack of data -- telco systems generate enormous volumes of usage and network data. The problem is that the data is not connected to decisions in time for those decisions to matter.
We build telecommunications software that connects subscriber management, billing, network monitoring, and customer self-service into systems that support the accuracy and reliability that telco operations require.
What we build
Customer and subscriber management
Subscriber lifecycle management covering activation, plan changes, add-on provisioning, porting, and suspension -- with a back-office interface for support agents and a self-service layer for customers. Account records that connect subscriber identity, SIM and device assignments, service entitlements, and billing history in one place. Multi-product subscriber management for operators running mobile, broadband, and fixed voice services from the same platform. MVNO-specific provisioning flows that orchestrate activation and number porting with your host network operator.
Network monitoring and alerting
Real-time network monitoring dashboards that surface fault conditions before customers report them. Alert thresholds configured by network element type and severity -- with escalation paths that route critical alerts to on-call engineers without manual triage. Historical performance data for trend analysis and capacity planning. Integration with SNMP, NetFlow, and vendor-specific APIs from major network equipment providers. Fault ticket generation that links network events to the affected subscriber population so the support team knows the scope before the call queue builds.
Billing and tariff management
Rating engines built for complex plan structures -- usage-based charging, tiered rates, bundle consumption tracking, and roaming rate application. Invoice generation with the line-item detail subscribers expect and the format your finance team needs. Dunning management for overdue accounts with configurable escalation steps before suspension. Tariff management interfaces that let your product team configure new plans and bundle logic without engineering changes. Revenue assurance reporting that identifies rating gaps and unbilled usage before they become write-offs.
Service desk and trouble ticketing
Support tooling that gives agents a full subscriber view -- account status, usage history, active services, and previous interactions -- without switching between systems. Trouble ticket management with categorisation, priority assignment, and escalation routing. Integration with network monitoring so fault tickets raised by the operations centre link to the subscriber accounts affected. SLA tracking and reporting for both network faults and customer support tickets. Self-service ticket submission and status tracking for customers who prefer not to call.
Regulatory compliance tools
Lawful intercept interfaces compliant with jurisdiction-specific requirements. Number portability management for MNP requests. Data retention controls that enforce storage periods for call detail records and subscriber data under applicable regulations. Regulatory reporting outputs for spectrum licence obligations, interconnect settlement, and universal service reporting. Audit trail management where every change to subscriber records, rating rules, and access controls is logged with user identity and timestamp.
Churn prediction and retention
Churn prediction models built on your subscriber usage data -- identifying patterns in usage decline, service complaint frequency, and payment behaviour that precede cancellation. Retention campaign tooling that triggers outreach to at-risk subscribers before they initiate a cancellation. Agent-facing churn risk indicators so support agents can make informed retention offers during inbound calls. Reporting that tracks retention campaign outcomes against the churn predictions that triggered them.
Problems we solve in telecommunications
Subscriber activation requiring manual back-office steps that delay the customer's first service day
New subscribers complete an online sign-up and then wait days for activation because the provisioning steps -- SIM assignment, number allocation, service entitlement creation -- require manual back-office actions across disconnected systems. Each manual step is a delay and a failure point. We build activation workflows where subscriber sign-up triggers automated provisioning through to the network, reducing activation from days to hours or minutes.
Network fault detection dependent on customer complaints rather than proactive system monitoring
Operations teams learn about network faults when call volumes spike, not when the fault occurs. By the time the issue is identified, a significant subscriber population has experienced degraded service without any proactive communication. We build network monitoring platforms that detect fault conditions from network telemetry in real time and alert operations teams before subscribers are affected -- enabling proactive communication and faster resolution.
Billing system too inflexible to support new tariff structures without engineering changes
Product teams design new bundle offers only to find that the billing system cannot rate them without a development cycle. The result is slower product launches, simplified offers that don't match market demand, and a product roadmap held back by billing inflexibility. We build rating and billing systems with configurable tariff management interfaces so your product team can configure new plans and bundle logic without engineering intervention.
Roaming settlement and inter-carrier billing requiring manual reconciliation
Roaming usage data from partner networks arrives in TAP or NRTRDE files that need to be decoded, rated against inter-carrier agreements, and reconciled against what the partner has billed. Manual reconciliation at this scale produces disputes and delays settlement. We build inter-carrier settlement tools that ingest roaming data files, apply the agreed rating logic, and produce reconciliation reports that both operators can work from.
Customer churn not predicted from usage data, allowing subscribers to leave without intervention
Usage data that would identify at-risk subscribers -- declining data consumption, repeated service complaints, irregular payment patterns -- sits in operational systems without being analysed for churn signals. Subscribers cancel without any retention attempt because no one saw the early indicators. We build churn prediction models on your usage and behavioural data that surface at-risk subscribers in time for retention outreach to make a difference.
Regulatory reporting assembled manually from multiple operational databases at compliance deadlines
Regulatory filings -- interconnect reports, number portability data, spectrum utilisation returns -- require data pulled from billing, network, and subscriber systems that don't share a reporting layer. Teams spend days at each compliance deadline extracting, reconciling, and formatting data that should be available on demand. We build regulatory reporting tools that aggregate the required data from operational sources and produce the filing formats your regulator requires.
How we work with telecom businesses
We document your network type, subscriber volume, billing model, and the operational gap we are addressing -- whether that is billing inflexibility, manual provisioning, absent monitoring, or churn. We map your existing BSS and OSS systems and identify which integrations are required. Discovery produces a documented scope, not a generic proposal.
Telecom billing systems handle rating logic that is easy to get wrong and expensive to fix after go-live. We design the rating engine, data model, and integration points before writing code -- and walk your technical team through the architecture decisions before development starts.
Development runs in two-week sprints. Billing logic, provisioning workflows, and network data integrations are built and tested incrementally. You can review working software in a staging environment from week four, with test subscriber scenarios covering your actual plan and usage complexity.
We run rating accuracy tests against your actual plan catalogue and historical usage data to verify that the billing engine produces correct results across edge cases -- roaming, mid-cycle plan changes, bundle exhaustion, and suspension scenarios. Integration testing with your host network operator or network equipment runs against real endpoints.
We go live with your operations and support teams trained on the platform. A 90-day support arrangement covers issues that emerge from live traffic. After that period, you can maintain the platform in-house, retain us for ongoing development, or both.
What to ask any telecom software team
Billing and rating
Does the rating engine support usage-based, tiered, and bundle charging on the same platform?
Can tariff structures be configured by the product team without engineering changes?
How does the system handle mid-cycle plan changes and prorated billing?
What revenue assurance reporting does the platform provide?
Network and provisioning
Does the provisioning system automate activation end-to-end or require manual back-office steps?
Which network monitoring protocols and vendor APIs does the platform support?
How does the monitoring system alert on fault conditions before customers are affected?
Delivery and ownership
Is the cost fixed before development starts, or billed by the hour?
Do you receive full source code ownership on delivery?
What is the typical delivery timeline for a customer self-service and billing platform?
Telecommunications software development cost
Scope
Estimated range
Timeline
Customer self-service portal
Customer self-service portal
$30,000–$60,000
10–14 weeks
Network monitoring platform
Network monitoring platform
$40,000–$75,000
12–16 weeks
Billing and tariff management
Billing and tariff management
$50,000–$90,000
12–18 weeks
Full telecom management platform
Full telecom management platform
$150,000–$300,000+
9–18 months
Telecommunications software by capability
Telecom Software Development -- full telecom software hub with billing, portals, MVNO, network ops, and API platforms
AI for Telecom -- churn prediction, network anomaly detection, fraud detection, capacity planning
Business Automation -- operational workflow automation for billing, provisioning, and support
Talk to us about your telecom software project.
Tell us the operational challenge -- billing, self-service, MVNO, or network operations. We'll scope the build.