Audience
BSS, Billing and Softswitch solutions to different types of Communication Service Providers: MNO/MVNO/MVNE, cable/MSO, fixed-line, broadband, VoIP, satellite, IoT and others.
About PortaSwitch
PortaSwitch combines Class 4/5 soft switching (PortaSIP) and real-time billing with online charging (PortaBilling) on one platform. Wholesale carriers, MVNOs, ITSPs, and UCaaS/voice providers use it to run voice, messaging, IoT/M2M, and data traffic under a single BSS+OCS stack.
Key capabilities:
- Open REST API and self-service rate and plan changes, no vendor release needed
- Real-time prepaid and postpaid charging with balance tracking and fund-locking
- SIP routing sized for wholesale concurrent-call volumes, plus Cloud PBX/IP Centrex
- White-label wholesale and reseller layers
- Multi-site geo-redundancy with automatic failover
- Full source code access
- Migration without interrupting live subscribers
PortaSwitch is sold as a perpetual license not tied to subscriber count or as a monthly SaaS subscription based on billable events. It deploys on-premise, on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or hybrid, scaling across as many servers as capacity requires.
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Pricing
Pricing Details:
PortaSwitch can be deployed either in an on-premises private cloud installation with a license, or in a public cloud as a service
The PortaSwitch unlimited perpetual license does not depend on the number of subscribers or concurrent calls but rather covers an installation of a predefined number of instances and servers. The pricing of PortaSwitch in a cloud under SaaS model depends on the maximal capacity used during the month of service.
The PortaSwitch unlimited perpetual license does not depend on the number of subscribers or concurrent calls but rather covers an installation of a predefined number of instances and servers. The pricing of PortaSwitch in a cloud under SaaS model depends on the maximal capacity used during the month of service.
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Company Information
PortaOne
Founded: 2001
Canada
www.portaone.com/telecom-products/portaswitch/
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
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Documentation
Live Online
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PortaSwitch Frequently Asked Questions
PortaSwitch Product Features
Billing and Provisioning
Billing & Invoicing
Supported
Contract Management
Supported
Customer Accounts
Supported
Customizable Billing
Supported
Flexible Rate Tables
Supported
Internet
Supported
Order Management
Supported
Post-Paid Systems
Supported
Pre-Paid Systems
Supported
Provisioning
Supported
Rating
Supported
Self Service Portal
Supported
Service Order System
Supported
VoIP
Supported
Carrier Access Billing
Not Supported
Cloud PBX
Call Recording
Supported
Call Routing
Supported
IVR / Voice Recognition
Supported
Ring Groups
Supported
SIP Trunking
Supported
Virtual Extensions
Supported
Web Conferencing
Supported
Unified Communications
Audio / Video Conferencing
Supported
Call Recording
Supported
Call Routing
Supported
Chat / Messaging
Supported
Fax Management
Supported
Mobile Access
Supported
Multi-User Collaboration
Supported
Voice Mail
Supported
Calendar Management
Not Supported
File Sharing
Not Supported
