While PortaOne’s flagship product, PortaSwitch, is the ideal solution for medium- to large-size ITSPs and other enterprises, who can reap the full advantages of its unlimited license, the more limited needs – and budgets – of smaller service providers make purchasing a proprietary license less than optimal.

It is PortaOne’s policy not to rent out its products. This is where Application Service Providers (ASP) come in, giving small customers a low-cost, risk-free point of entry to the complete range of PortaOne services, while offering an attractive form of additional revenue to license holders. With a hosted PortaSwitch, small IP telephony operators can enjoy the full benefits of a carrier level sofware (advanced routing, billing and monitoring functions via a multilingual web interface, etc.), without the need to purchase and maintain sophisticated equipment.

For more technical and/or pricing information about our solutions for ASPs please contact our sales team.

Hosted PortaSwitch services provided by ASPs: Fact sheet for the year 2006

• Companies offering PortaSwitch hosted services: 16
• Companies using PortaSwitch hosted services: 120+
• Concurrent calls per company: virtually unlimited (depends on provider)
• Interoperability: Cisco, Quintum, any SIP RFC compliant VoIP gateway
• Supported protocols: H323 and SIP

Who is it for?

• Startup IP telephony operators
• Existing ITSPs with a traffic volume under 300,000 minutes/month
• Callshop owners and calling card vendors
• Community groups (local or virtual) seeking to brand ITSP services
• Anyone dissatisfied with their current billing platform

How does it work?

• First read more about PortaSwitch and the many VoIP solutions available on this platform.
• Then contact PortaOne sales for information about authorized PortaSwitch ASPs in your region or time zone.
• The ASP will dedicate a partition of his PortaSwitch platform, enabling you to utilize any or all of the features described in the above solutions.
• Setting up the hosted service takes just a few hours. The initial fee the ASP will charge you includes basic training via an online conferencing tool

Solution components

One of the great advantages of a hosted solution is that you can literally start your VoIP telephony business from nothing – there are no basic hardware requirements. Alternatively, a PortaOne solution for ASP can integrate seamlessly into any industry-standard hardware you own or VoIP network you operate. For details on possible network features and structures, consult the pages describing individual solutions.

Key Features

Networking

• Real-time administration of your VoIP network via a web interface
• Capacity and quality control
• Advanced routing
• Connects SIP and H323 in the same network
• Multiple translation rules

Billing, Customer/Subscriber Management

• Prepaid, postpaid and wholesale business models
• E-commerce module – automated invoicing, credit card processing
• Customer call detail records
• Billing reports
• Available in 17 different languages (incl. Chinese, French, German, Spanish, etc.)

Monitoring

• Customer call detail records
• Powerful web and e-mail statistics
• Graphs and stats: traffic, load, ASR, cost/revenue and more

Customer Service

• 24×7 technical support
• Access to multilingual specialists via phone, e-mail or instant messenger