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Providing real-time billing to your communication platform as a service (CPaaS) customers is critical, as it ensures that everyone pumps traffic within the authorized limits. Centralized and real-time charging expands your selling possibilities and decreased your risk of fraud by a significant percentage.







In this blog post, we’ll go over how to use TelecomsXChange (TCXC) as a realtime Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA or Triple A) for your Restcomm cloud CPaaS platform.







How To Use TCXC as Prepaid CPaaS Billing?







TCXC can provide your sub-accounts on Restcomm cloud with realtime prepaid charging leveraging Restcomm Bring Your Own Carrier (BYOC) feature. This feature allows you to route each sub-account to a a specific SIP or SMPP profile.







Let’s say you want sub-account AC12348xxxx for (Enterprise A) to go through prepaid billing before the message or voice call is finally sent out, in a few steps you’re able to achieve this:















How it works?







* Login to TCXC Buyer Portal * Link your TCXC Account(s) with your Restcomm Sub-account(s)* Manage prices for Voice and SMS in TCXC Seller console or API* Set prepaid limits or credit limit per account, when account reaches 0 the traffic will be automatically blocked.* SMS / Voice Traffic will pass through TCXC to perform AAA before it’s sent to the final termination destination







Additional features worth mentioning:







* Set SMPP rate limit per account * Set SIP concurrent call limit per account* Authorize based on country prefix length or MCCMNC* Share balance between accounts or use Own balance per account* Block/Unblock accounts* Online top-up (Stripe, CashU, Bank, ACH, PayPal)* Set online top up limit per sub-account* Price change notifications







CPaaS Virtual Numbers Billing







A critical part of CPaaS is phone numbers (AKA Virtual Numbers or DIDs), TCXC platform gets this part handled, sellers can host and set the pricing for phone numbers using the TCXC Seller console or API,







Supported features for Virtual Numbers billing:







* Set monthly recurring price per phone number* Set one time setup fee* Set per minute/second price for incoming voice calls to the number* Set per message incoming rate for SMS (Concatenated Billing is supported)* Immediate wallet deduction upon purchase* Low balance reminders* Upcoming number renewal alerts* Automatic monthly recurring collection from prepaid wallet* Virtual number subscription logs (History of number ownership)* Automatically remove number from API and console upon purchasing* Automatically restore number to API and console upon canceling or releasing the phone number * Price change notifications







Additional Virtual Number Features







* Configure verification document requirements where needed.* Authorize inbound SMS and voice calls only once verification documents approved.* Set number(s) capabilities [Voice, SMS, FAX, Video].* Automatic RESTful API enablement for all your hosted numbers.







Once you have finished hosting you’re virtual numbers on TCXC and setup the billing details for them, Restcomm can leverage the Programmable X DID exchange API to interact with virtual numbers on the backend.







What’s Next ?

You’re in a hurry to search and find a UAE virtual phone number and point it to your SIP infrastructure to start accepting business phone calls, what do you do?







In this blog post we show you how to search and buy a legit UAE phone number and point it to your IP-PBX to start accepting phone calls.







Lets search & Buy a UAE phone number



























In order to search for a phone number and buy it , you may follow the below steps:







* Login to your TelecomsXChange buyer account here* In the navigation menu click on DIDs >> Market view* In prefix field enter [971]* Click the Submit button * A list of all available UAE phone numbers are shown in the table* Choose a number you like to own by clicking on the BUY button* In Point To enter the SIP address where you’d like to point the number to and click Purchase to complete the transaction







Via Application Programming Interface (API)







You may search, find and purchase virtual numbers via TCXC Programmable X API, here is how:







Search for phone numbers:







curl --location --request POST 'https://apiv2.telecomsxchange.com/number/market' \

--form 'prefix=971' \

--form 'country=' \

--form 'description=' \

--form 'seller=' \

--form 'voice=1' \

--form 'sms=0' \

--form 'fax=0' \

--form 'video=0' \

--form 'did_type=any' \

--form 'pager=10' \

--form 'off=1'









Buy the phone number (API Call):







curl --location --request POST 'https://apiv2.telecomsxchange.com/number/purchase' \

--form 'i_did=25' \

--form 'billing_i_account=1022' \

--form 'contact=sip:9714xxxxxx@sip.domain.com:5060' \

--form 'smpp_contact=smpp:login:pass:12345abc@smpp.domain.com:2776'







API Response:







{

"status": "success",

"message": "DID has been purchased"

}







UAE DID Number – Use cases







* Build a Local Customer Base in United Arab Emirates* Enhancing Existing Customer Service Experience* Drive Cost down for your customers* Increase voice quality and two-way sms communication with your consumer base* Scalability automation, go from 1 channels to many  channels without worrying about upgrading your hardware infrastructure







P.S: KYC documentation are required for numbers to be activated.







For more information about UAE DID Numbers,  contact our sales team here

In this tutorial we demonstrate how you can interconnect with Telin (By Telkom Indonesia) in minutes. This adds another 0 hop & Open RTP carrier interconnection for you seamlessly. Telin made available to all TelecomsXChange (TCXC) members. You can utilize Telin’s direct routes immediately from Market View. 







About Telin







Established in 2007, Telin is a subsidiary of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), Indonesia’s largest state-owned telecommunication and network service provider serving more than 200 million retail customers (including mobile, fixed broadband, and other subscribers).







Telin offers a comprehensive range of high-quality international carrier voice, data services, and business solutions aimed wholesale, enterprise, digital player, and retail customers with operations in Indonesia, Timor Leste, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Malaysia, Macau, Taiwan, United States, Myanmar, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Telin’s services include Voice, Data Connectivity, Internet & Content, Mobility, Enterprise Service, and Other Solutions.







For more details visit https://www.telin.net/







How to Interconnect with Telin in minutes using TCXC platform:







1- Login to your TelecomsXChange Buyer Account







2- Navigate to Market View page







3- In Seller field enter “Telin” and click “Search”







4- Click on the + icon to purchase Telin’s routes







5- You will receive tech details (IP+Prefix) to start terminating to Telin from your allowed SIP servers IPs.















Benefits For Communication Providers







* Better Quality of Service (QoS) for your customers* Guaranteed Caller ID (CLID) Delivery* Better Price * Open RTP (Direct Media Flow to Telin’s Infrastructure)* Programmable API for prices, interconnection, Ticket escalation







Interconnect with Telin via API







Developers may interconnect and interact with Telin’s routes and prices via API programmatically, to do this you may visit TCXC developer documentation for details.

Audit logs are available for TCXC Premium members.







Audit logs listst important teams events. An admin can review audit logs to determine:







* When users logged in.* Which users performed a specific action or any action via web







Audit logs currently include events for everything done via web access like team management, billing, and security.







Using Audit Logs







In your TCXC Seller/Buyer account portal click on Logs >> Web Access















In the Web Access logs page, you see information categorized as USERNAME, SOURCE IP, REQUEST_URI, REQUEST and DATE/TIME















For more information about audit logs and how to set it up for your TCXC team members, contact the support team.

TelecomsXChange (TCXC) platform enables modern communication providers to buy and sell voice, SMS and virtual numbers (DIDs) securely and transparently using intuitive UI or programmatically using API.







What’s new?







From today you’ll notice new API endpoints for buyers and sellers and new UI features in TCXC portal, find below brief summary of what’s new.







* When trying to search for virtual numbers (DIDs) you’ll notice a new backorder link available if no numbers are found, this enables buyers to submit a back order for DIDs that are not immediately available in DID market view* You can now submit and view DID backorders.* Sellers can now find DID subscription logs under DID menu to understand ownership history and billing better* Buyers can now find DID subscription logs under DID menu to understand billing and cancellations easier. * Buyers and sellers have new filter options for buyers Payment History and Seller Payout history allowing users to run advanced search for payments. New filter options includes notes, amount, payment system used. * Seller / Route Edit UI – Replace Check box with Toggle Switch * New React App for public use. Find working numbers, anywhere (NOC Tool) Try it now (Built using TCXC API V.2)* New API! allows sellers to Sell & Update DID numbers programmatically.* New API! allows buyer/sellers to retrieve payment history via API.* New API! allows sellers to retrieve market’s top destinations with traffic.















Bug Fixes







* We’ve fixed a bug in DID market view where SQL error showed in some cases.







For more information on this release, contact info@telecomsxchange.com or visit members portal if you’re an existing member.

Working with TelecomsXChange to enhance SMS termination delivery and cost to Europe!







Romania, Nov. 12, 2019 — Nobel Globe, a market-leading communication service provider (CSP) joins the TelecomsXChange platform to provide buyers on the platform instant access to zero hop direct SMS routes to Europe to deliver mission-critical messaging to end-users.







About Nobel Globe







Having entered the telecommunications market in 1998, Nobel has proven its ability to constantly grow and keep up with industry trends by successfully being a market leader in numerous areas of the telecom industry. 







Products like prepaid calling cards, postpaid long-distance, physical distribution, superior carrier services worldwide and turnkey call center solutions, are only a few of the areas in which Nobel is a trusted brand for many years. 







Applying the same recipe that took us to the peaks of the voice industry, today we can offer SMS worldwide connectivity, being able to reach over 800 operators in 180 countries across the world. 







Nobel’s messaging services can be integrated via multiple API services that are integrated with the customers’ existing infrastructure successfully delivering digital interaction over SMS as the communications channel. 







As a result, enterprises gain increased mobility, efficiency and value that they can pass on to their customers. With our in-house technical expertise, installed at various operator facilities, our SMS solutions deliver better accountability, load-balancing, and ROI beyond any other. 







Nobel Globe on TelecomsXChange







Nobel SMS provides international A to Z SMS termination at the most competitive rates, web-based SMS applications, bulk SMS for SMS campaigns and advanced SMS enterprise solutions via API with real-time monitoring. 







We are excited to list our SMS direct routes on TelecomsXChange’s open and commission-free exchange platform, as it gives end-customers full visibility and control on their critical choice of SMS, voice and DIDs network providers. TelecomsXChange is a fast-growing cloud exchange platform and one unified platform that can be utilized using a graphical user interface (GUI) or programmatically using application programming interface  “API”.







With this partnership, CSPs or CPaaS providers on TelecomsXChange can utilize Nobel direct routes in seconds (Romania, India, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, China, Vietnam, Poland, Germany, etc.) and premium routes to deliver high importance, mission-critical messages to end users globally.







 







Additional Resources:







* About Nobel SMS: https://www.nobelsms.com* About TelecomsXChange Platform: visit www.telecomsxchange.com * API Tutorial: How to access SMS prices in real-time, interconnect with Nobel programmatically using APIs visit the  Programmable X documentation page.* Discuss pricing directly with Nobel’s account manager. Click here