The whole subject of “billing” is probably, for the majority of us, one of the least exciting and least sexy parts of the entire communications infrastructure. Yet it is probably one of the most *critical* aspects as that is how, ultimately, we all keep the lights on.

In this episode, host Dan York speaks with Jim Dalton, CEO of Transnexus ( http://www.transnexus.com/ ) and one of the leading proponents of the Open Settlement Protocol (OSP), an open standard for service providers and enterprises to exchange billing information among themselves. Jim gave a presentation at IT EXPO East 2009 in Miami and Dan caught up with him after the talk to ask him some questions. More information about OSP can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_settlement_protocol or http://www.etsi.org/

UPDATE: The white paper upon which Jim based his ITEXPO presentation is available online: “Peer to Peer Settlement for Next Generation IP Networks”

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NOTE: The “OSPrey” software that Jim mentions that is available for free can be downloaded from Transnexus’ site.

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