Optimal Call Management-Parental Controls (OCM-PC) gives parents easy access and robust control over their children’s phone usage. It is great that children have phones and it is wonderful that parents, siblings and others have quick communication access to each other. However, there are reasons why parents may wish to control phone usage. Safety and security, cost control, and control of times children can talk to their friends are several reasons why parents enjoy the abundant features of Parental Controls. It provides parents exceptionally adaptable rules to make provisioning over the Internet easy, yet precise.

Incoming and outgoing calls are managed based upon customer criteria that permit parents to set times when calls are allowed or not allowed. Parents set limits and apply call permissions and filters to outgoing and incoming calls or messages based upon time-of-day, day-of week, and date. Call permissions can also be based on other criteria such as the called number or calling number. Additionally, parents may set choices and preferences for incoming and outgoing call criteria for the family as well as individual family members. Usage rules with criteria such as time of day (bedtime or school hours), day of week (weekends and school weeks), specific dates like holidays and birthdays are available for parents that want their children to learn phone discipline while still granting plenty of phone freedom.

Parents can block calls and text messages on school nights and limit calls and messages during exam week. And there are many more features parents will find useful and compelling. While OCM-PC is obviously about controlling usage and costs, parents primarily see it as a way to ensure their children’s safety and security.

Parental Controls can be combined also with the Minutes Minder solution so parents can also set spending limits on their children's mobile phone usage.