“Telco monetization systems are on the cusp of a profound paradigm shift, as decades-old billing and charging architectures give way to a new generation of intelligent, real-time platforms” – John Abraham, Principal Analyst. 

This Appledore solution profile examines Ericsson Charging and Billing Evolved against the wider shift reshaping telco monetization, a segment Appledore sizes at $11.6 billion in 2025 and rising. Billing and charging architectures are modernizing in response to structural forces at work: the move to cloud-native, real-time platforms, the retrofitting of AI into roadmaps designed before AI mattered, and the migration of charging back toward the network layer with 5G standalone.

The profile explores how Ericsson unifies charging and billing on a common information model, adding no-code configuration and with built-in AI, and puts that in the wider competitive context, including a high-level SWOT analysis. Essential reading for anyone tracking charging and billing or the wider BSS market. 

This Appledore report is available exclusively from Ericsson (no registration required).