<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 November 2014 at 09:41, Andreas Granig <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agranig@sipwise.com" target="_blank">agranig@sipwise.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Excuse my ignorance, but is Blesta something you can self-host, or is it<br>
a "cloud" service? Didn't get it when quickly scanning their web site.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Blesta you self-host. </div><div><br></div><div><div>We have built a pretty comprehensive solution using Blesta. We use Sipwise (PRO) for the rating, but all billing, provisioning etc. is integrated with Blesta. It runs in three modes: Controller, Operator and Reseller, each of which has their own Blesta-based portal, fully white-labelled.</div><div><br></div><div>Controller</div><div>========</div><div>This is where we, the platform owner, provision, manage and bill our Operators. Each Operator can be billed for various services, such as % of CDR, $ per subscriber, $ per SIP Trunk, $ per Cloud PBX, etc. </div><div><br></div><div>Billing will then include all service charges relating to the usage of each operator and its resellers.</div><div><br></div><div>Operator</div><div>=======</div><div>The operator is a company which either owns its own Sipwise platform, or operates their own termination using our platform, set up as peers. The Operator can create resellers, and again, set fees for various services, and manage the billing profiles of their resellers.</div><div><br></div><div>The operator can select what services each reseller has access to. For example, we can enable Sip Trunks, VoIP Subscribers, Cloud PBX, Cloud IVR, DDI Reseller and set once-off/monthly/usage fees for these.</div><div><br></div><div>The platform then invoices each reseller based on their call charges and any service fees.</div><div><br></div><div>Reseller</div><div>======</div><div>The reseller can create their own packages based on the services they have been granted by the operator, pricing them in any way they choose. The platform handles all aspects of provisioning and managing services on to Sipwise, etc. The platform will then generate the customer invoices, and provides a customer portal where invoices can be paid and new services ordered. It handles post-paid and (if using SP PRO) pre-paid, top-up vouchers, automatic credit card processing, suspensions and cancellations.</div><div><br></div><div>All functions can be done either via the Blesta-based portal or via our Rest API. Both the Operator and the Reseller have the option of using as much or as little of the system as they wish. Operators with OSS/BSS systems can easily integrate via the API and never use the Blesta part, whereas a small reseller could use Blesta as their main customer billing platform.</div></div><div><br></div><div>We are currently running this with two operators, and feedback from both them and their various resellers has been extremely positive. </div><div><br></div><div>If there were sufficient interest it may be possible to provide a hosted solution which could be used to manage any SP installation. Integration with an existing SPCE or Pro platform only requires API access.</div><div><br></div><div>-Barry Flanagan</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Andreas<br>
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On 11/20/2014 05:18 PM, Skyler wrote:<br>
> Ok then. In that case...you can fully utilize Blesta in combination with<br>
> SPCE's backend to build a completely automated solution. In pretty much<br>
> any language you can program.<br>
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> But I digress. No disrespect.<br>
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> On Nov 20, 2014 8:57 AM, "Gavin Sweet" <<a href="mailto:gavin.sweet@skyracktelecom.com" target="_blank">gavin.sweet@skyracktelecom.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:gavin.sweet@skyracktelecom.com" target="_blank">gavin.sweet@skyracktelecom.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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> You can still use jbilling v2 which is fully free and open source.<br>
> Does mediation and rating if you know what you’re doing.____<br>
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> *From:*Spce-user [mailto:<a href="mailto:spce-user-bounces@lists.sipwise.com" target="_blank">spce-user-bounces@lists.sipwise.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:spce-user-bounces@lists.sipwise.com" target="_blank">spce-user-bounces@lists.sipwise.com</a>>] *On Behalf Of *Skyler<br>
> *Sent:* 20 November 2014 15:45<br>
> *To:* Theo<br>
> *Cc:* <a href="mailto:spce-user@lists.sipwise.com" target="_blank">spce-user@lists.sipwise.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:spce-user@lists.sipwise.com" target="_blank">spce-user@lists.sipwise.com</a>><br>
> *Subject:* Re: [Spce-user] billing integration____<br>
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> You have all of the up to date information you need then. Thank you<br>
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> On Nov 19, 2014 4:27 AM, "Theo" <<a href="mailto:axessofficetheo@gmail.com" target="_blank">axessofficetheo@gmail.com</a><br>
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> There was a thread at one point about integrating the CE version<br>
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> Are there any suggestions for platforms that people use and have<br>
> working nicely with spce? Jbilling of course is fantastic but way<br>
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