The role of softswitch has evolved over the years ever since VoIP technology has completely transformed the landscape of telecommunications. In the beginning, a softswitch was designed only to perform routing, but as time progressed it was modified to include billing, monitoring and reporting functions as well.

All-in-One VoIP Platform is the need of the hour

An advanced softswitch is an all-in-one VoIP platform that facilitates routing, billing, reporting and monitoring from the same platform. So, it’s obvious for any service provider about what they must be looking for while selecting a VoIP softswitch platform for their VoIP business. Each function of an advanced softswitch is associated with a set of features which make it work seamlessly and deliver desired output. One such feature under advanced routing is multi-carrier management which plays a vital role in deriving high margins for service providers.

Multiple Carriers Means More Choices of Call Termination

With advanced routing algorithm of softswitch platform, service providers can go for cost-effective routing methods such as LCR, percentage-based and prefix-based routing. In all these routing methods, the flexibility to handle multiple carriers is utmost important for terminating the calls through the cost-effective routes. For each destination, a service provider can source as many routes as possible by interconnecting with multiple carriers around the world. Now, using the advance routing methods they can terminate the calls through the cost-effective routes and make high margins.

The multi-carrier management is a very valuable feature especially in the backdrop of dynamic price changing environment. The ability to interchangeably use the carriers in LCR, percentage-based and prefix-based routing will ultimately result in higher margins. The entire mechanism can be monitored and controlled through a browser-based user interface. It gives service providers the complete control to exclude the obsolete carriers and include the latest ones.

Multi-Carrier Management in Least Cost Routing

Especially, in Least Cost Routing, the role of multi-carrier management is of chief significance as it helps to build complex routing tables required for cost-effective VoIP traffic termination. The more number of carriers a service provider gets to handle, the more is probability of generating higher margins. If the customer requires quality based routing instead of price based routing, service providers will have enough choice to execute and meet the demand.

Overall, multi-carrier management can offer a greater potential to VoIP business if when utilized strategically.