“So, you want to be an ITSP?” Andriy Zhylenko <a.zhilenko@portaone>
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“So, you want to be an ITSP?” Andriy Zhylenko <a.zhilenko@portaone.com>. V1.2. So, you want to be an ITSP?. Your business model Choosing the right tools for the job Plan the project properly. What is your business plan?. Unlikely. Something better?. Possible!.
“So, you want to be an ITSP?” Andriy Zhylenko <a.zhilenko@portaone>
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“So, you want to be an ITSP?” Andriy Zhylenko <a.zhilenko@portaone.com> V1.2
So, you want to be an ITSP? • Your business model • Choosing the right tools for the job • Plan the project properly
What is your business plan? Unlikely • Something better? Possible! • Case study: • Globe7 (www.globe7.com, a-la Skype company) • More than 25 million of downloaded and installed soft-phone clients Second Skype or Vonage?
Who are your customers? Something new: • Mobile phone users • Foreign DID re-allocation • Resorts, hotels and new residential developments Residential users Small business (hosted IP PBX, IP Centrex) Enterprise SIP trunking
Can you fight the “big guys”? • Real-time provisioning and charging, pre-paid balance control • Converged and customer-tailored services • Automation and customer self-care Be fast Be flexible Be always on the run
Your platform – a basic view A softswitch Billing/provisioning Unified communications Bank and payment systems Customers Termination partners
Choosing the right tools Open-source platforms: a panacea? a stone soup? Building your own vs. buying – do you have to make the choice? Embrace the change (and a lot of it!) Look very carefully at TCO
Capacity planning • What is “1 million of minutes” in terms of your network? What are your [estimated] traffic patterns?
Capacity planning - continued • Average daily volume = monthly volume / 30 • Volume per hour = daily volume / 10 • Average length of call – 5 minutes, average success rate – 50% • 1M min -> 33,000 min/day -> 3,333 min/hour -> 12 call attempts/minute -> 30 concurrent calls
Planning a VoIP project – do your homework • Who is the vendor? • What is their core expertise and focus? • How do they understand your business? • What is the development roadmap? • Can they support you (especially when something goes wrong)?
Planning a VoIP project • Go for a test-drive – do an evaluation • Learning curve: you can optimize it, but you cannot skip it entirely. Training will help you a lot. • Plan properly for the testing and the pre-launch phase.
Questions, comments? My contacts are: Andriy Zhylenko <a.zhilenko@portaone.com>