Introduction

Programmable Exchange, refers to communications service providers (CSPs) utilizing application programming interfaces (APIs) to automate the core actions for telecom wholesale buying and selling operations. Such as interconnection, carrier relations, market opportunity research, ticket escalation, communications, traffic routing control, ratings and reviews, financial settlements for Voice , SMS and Virtual Numbers.

The Mission

The Programmable Wholesale Exchange mission is to allow CSPs to automate their wholesale operations using programmable RESTful APIs. For the whole lifecycle of wholesale telecom exchange relationship, and provide carriers the ability to have real-time access programmatically to the voice, sms, virtual numbers market rates. Statistics and a complete interconnect and billing API. This project will help CSPs make accurate decisions in realtime powered by Ai or humans.

The Tasks Programmable Exchange Automates

* Build a business case* Sign and NDA/MSA* Interconnection* Network Operation Center (NOC) Ticket Escalation to carriers when for QoS event happens* Carrier Relations tasks post interconnections (follow ups, price renegotiations and so on)* Rate sheets acquisition and processing (SMS, Voice, DIDs)* Routing decisions (enable Ai decision making)* Buying, Selling route(s), phone numbers inventory* Billing (CDRs, SDRs, Miscs)* Communications and public relations* Target rates sheet automation* API Enablement* Automatic exposure for CSPs services in the CPaaS market

Interconnection sample:

The below API request demonstrates the http request to interconnect with TATA communications.

Sample API Response:

Once the successful response comes in, the exchange will automatically authorize the i_billing_account (your SIP/SMPP network) to use TATA communication prime routes. The exchange will also send you an email confirmation of the route purchase “interconnect” and will notify the seller e.g TATA via email that buyer “You” has purchased the route.

The buyer will receive full rate deck to the rates department email address on file, NOC team will receive the tech information required to provision the carrier on their core system.

P.S: Rates and carrier tech information are also available via API for complete provisioning automation and rates import. This applies on voice, sms and phone numbers purchased via API.

As you can see a few lines of codes can simply automate the whole process for interconnect managers, pricing teams and carrier relations manager. The same process that usually takes from weeks to months to complete is now achievable in a few seconds without any human involvement.

Selling Virtual Number (DID) Example

CSPs with virtual number inventory can sell their numbers on the exchange, by simply pointing them to the exchange network using SIP/SMPP protocols.

Once pointed,