PortaOne and DIDX Announce Interoperability of PortaOne’s PortaSwitch IP Multimedia Subsystem with DIDXchange Routing and Provisioning Application
PortaOne Announces DIDXchange Interoperability, Enabling Access to Global DID Phone Number Marketplace
Users of PortaOne’s PortaSwitch IP Call Control/Billing Subsystem Can Now Offer Their PBX Customers Direct Inward Dialing (DID) Numbers from Over 60 Countries
Global communications infrastructure company PortaOne, Inc. and DIDX, operator of the DIDXchange and a service of Super Technologies, Inc., today announced the successful interoperability of PortaOne’s PortaSwitch IP multimedia subsystem with the DIDXchange routing and provisioning application. The combination allows PortaSwitch VoIP users to purchase and provision their customers with local DID (Direct Inward Dialing) phone numbers in over 60 countries around the world, thereby giving those users a strong competitive advantage in the VoIP PBX segment.
DIDXchange, begun in 2005 by Super Technologies, is an online wholesale marketplace for DID phone numbers. The popular exchange allows CLECs, ILECs and other local telecommunications companies to sell their allocated and unused DID numbers to telecom service providers internationally. Pensacola, Florida-based DIDXchange has 12,500 member companies in 170 countries, and is one of the only true online marketplaces for buying, selling and trading local DID numbers.
Direct Inward Dialing numbers are a staple of Private Branch Exchanges (PBXs), the core telephony system found at most businesses and other workplaces. Employees with a DID phone number can be called directly by outside without going through a receptionist or company operator.
Through its support for the DIDXchange software switch, PortaOne brings new value and flexibility to PortaSwitch users. PortaSwitch is a software-based communication services and subscriber management solution that lets IP telephony service providers deliver a wide variety of business models quickly and flexibly. The comprehensive, Class 5 product consists of a softswitch and application servers, delivering billing and provisioning, SIP call control, unified messaging, IP Centrex and IP PBX, voice VPN, callback management, conferencing and more.
“Some of the most innovative companies and entrepreneurs are leveraging PortaOne’s compatibility with major equipment vendors such as Cisco, NexTone, and Quintum. Before this interop with PortaSwitch, many of PortaOne’s clients were approaching DIDX separately or even going to individual carriers to purchase DID numbers,” said Suzanne Bowen, vice president of marketing for Super Technologies, Inc. “Today’s announcement will be welcome news for PortaSwitch users. We look forward to working with PortaOne to greatly simplify the process of buying and distributing DIDs on a global basis.”
“Obtaining DIDs is an important, even vital, aspect of modern VoIP service offerings. Having direct access to the DIDXchange will be of great convenience for PortaSwitch users,” said Roman Khalenkov, sales and marketing director for PortaOne. “This partnership with DIDX brings additional value to the PortaSwitch feature set and helps our customers be increasingly competitive in their respective markets.”
For more about the DIDXchange, go to www.didx.net. Additional information about PortaSwitch can be found at http://portaone.com/products/portaswitch/overview/.
About PortaOne:
Based in Canada, PortaOne is a leading global vendor of carrier grade software for modern telecommunication service providers. The company enables service providers and carriers to run a broad line of telecommunication services with a single software package, and offers a complete product consisting of fully converged VoIP billing and provisioning platform, class 4 and 5 SIP softswitch to support hosted IPPBX or IPCentrex services, unified messaging, IVR, conferencing applications, callbacks and more. The company’s products are a fundamental part of the business infrastructure at over 330 service provider locations worldwide. To learn more, visit www.portaone.com.
About DIDX
DIDX is a service of Super Technologies, Inc., a Florida-based company since 1999. It serves as a global marketplace of local telephone numbers and VoIP transport to IP communications service providers. DIDX is a wholesale VOIP Phone Number Trading Platform with over 12,500 telecom companies as its members, trading over 60 countries’ numbers.
