[VoiceOps] Wholesale Platforms - 2021 Edition

Fri Aug 27 12:12:45 EDT 2021

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the replies. We weren't looking for the whole ITSP feature set;
we already have a hosted PBX platform for the traditional stuff. We were
looking for a strictly wholesale, featureless call/message switching and
billing. We use our own IP for the feature products (cloudphone.com,
voxdirect.com).

We've reviewed a few "all in one" wholesale solutions such as VeriSwitch
and SipNavigator, and found that none were as feature-complete as our
current solution (for wholesale purposes, mind you), or the price wasn't
different enough to justify a platform migration.

For anyone curious, Alaris Labs is what we're using for wholesale voice and
SMS, and are likely to keep using despite the Oracle DBMS license expense.
We're using Sansay VSXi SBCs, which are far more nimble than any of the
switches provided with the all-in-one solutions.

Calvin Ellison

Systems Architect

calvin.ellison at voxox.com

+1 (213) 285-0555

<http://voxox.com>

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On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 6:56 AM Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Agreed, I too have always found 2600hz an interesting and up and
> coming one, but every time I looked at them they still weren't a
> feature party with a Broadworks, Meta, or Netsapiens. No my knowledge
> they still don't have mobile apps, a GUI to send and receive SMS/MMS,
> or screen sharing capabilities.
>
> I am starting to wonder if any of these independent service provider
> platforms are really going to be able to keep up with a Microsoft
> Teams, Google Voice, Slack, and Zoom. There are big players in this
> space now.
>
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 9:04 PM Chris Wallace <c.wallace777 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Metaswitch (now Microswitch/Metasoft)
> > Cisco Broadworks
> > Ribbon (Genband)
> > Netsapiens
> > 2600Hz (Kazoo)
> >
> > I think 2600Hz is an interesting player and have been following them for
> the last couple of years. Would be interested in hearing others thoughts.
> >
> > —Chris
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:10 PM Mary Lou Carey <
> marylou at backuptelecom.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry.....I was referring to a different thread.
> >>
> >> MARY LOU CAREY
> >> BackUP Telecom Consulting
> >> Office: 615-791-9969
> >> Cell: 615-796-1111
> >>
> >> On 2021-08-25 07:02 PM, Colton Conor wrote:
> >> > Mary,
> >> >
> >> > You received 4-5 responses to Calvin's email? Wondering how you got
> >> > those, and I got none.
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 2:57 PM Mary Lou Carey
> >> > <marylou at backuptelecom.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I got about 4-5 responses. I guess I will need to do a search on the
> >> >> old
> >> >> discussions even though a lot has changed.
> >> >>
> >> >> MARY LOU CAREY
> >> >> BackUP Telecom Consulting
> >> >> Office: 615-791-9969
> >> >> Cell: 615-796-1111
> >> >>
> >> >> On 2021-08-22 06:09 PM, Colton Conor wrote:
> >> >> > Calvin,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Did you receive any responses to this email? Last time when I asked
> >> >> > the same question there was quite a bit of discussion in 2019 if I
> >> >> > remember correctly.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 8:13 PM Calvin Ellison
> >> >> > <calvin.ellison at voxox.com> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> This question comes up every few years, let's get an update for
> the
> >> >> >> cloud era!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Looking for a wholesale voice & SMS routing, billing, and
> analytics
> >> >> >> platform that can meet these requirements:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> * Cloud or Hosted solution for everything but the call path
> >> >> >> * Scale is billions of call attempts per month, dozens of vendors
> >> >> >> with full NPA-NXX or A-Z detailed breakouts
> >> >> >> * Intelligent, performance-based rate generation, "better than
> LCR"
> >> >> >> * Realtime intelligence in call routing (performance-based
> routing)
> >> >> >> * Support for DID/Toll-Free inventory with forwarding/failover
> >> >> >> routing
> >> >> >> * Proper rating and costing for inbound, outbound, on-net,
> >> >> >> toll-free, reciprocal comp, dips, commissions
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> * Call routing engines go next to our SBCs to minimize latency
> >> >> >> * Call routing engines can operate disconnected from the main
> >> >> >> database
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> * Call routing engines scale is up to 10,000 calls/messages per
> >> >> >> second
> >> >> >> * Management APIs for administrators and clients
> >> >> >> * Client portal to manage trunks/binds, make payments, download
> >> >> >> CDRs, view reporting/analytics
> >> >> >> * Admin portal for provisioning, analytics, billing
> >> >> >> * Agent portal for monitoring clients, commissions, payouts
> >> >> >> * SMS must support SMPP and REST API for messaging
> >> >> >> * MMS protocols supported
> >> >> >> * No database license that costs more than the actual product
> >> >> >> * Easy to use analytics - better than we can do with
> >> >> >> Elasticsearch/Kibana
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Bonus:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> * Support for Sansay VSXi external routing queries
> >> >> >> * Support for Sansay VSXi provisioning
> >> >> >> * STIR/SHAKEN features including enterprise extensions like
> >> >> >> Delegated Certificates, DLT, Central TN, Registered Caller, etc.
> >> >> >> * Ready for Rich Call Data/Branded Call Display
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Calvin Ellison
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Systems Architect
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> calvin.ellison at voxox.com
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> [1]
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> [2] [3] [4] [5]
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> >> >> > Links:
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> >> >> > [1] http://voxox.com
> >> >> > [2] https://www.facebook.com/VOXOX/
> >> >> > [3] https://www.instagram.com/voxoxofficial/
> >> >> > [4] https://www.linkedin.com/company/3573541/admin/
> >> >> > [5] https://twitter.com/Voxox
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