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SIP Gateway Service
Why Verizon?
Verizon has a long heritage in providing wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions to wholesale customers. SIP Gateway Service has been in the market place for many years and provides efficient VoIP telephony solutions for hundreds of wholesale customers and billions of minutes each month. When customers must choose a network partner, Verizon has the experience and the expertise that leads to success!
" As our customers' legacy voice networks continue to evolve, Verizon is ready to support their VoIP needs with SIP Gateway Service!"
Product Manager - Gary, Elliott
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Verizon’s Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Gateway Service offers you a single platform for transporting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) media between IP networks and the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Our service positions you to attract new business and encourage customer loyalty with a complete telephony service including local calling, directory listings, directory assistance, operator services, E-911 access, and long distance transport and termination.
Time to market using SIP Gateway Service is quick and easy. Simply own, support, and manage subscriber calling features via your soft switch and/or feature server – then count on Verizon to do the rest. SIP Gateway Service makes generating new revenue streams easy for you!
Verizon's SIP Gateway Service accepts media traffic signals using native SIP over Verizon Dedicated Internet Access products or other vendor's Internet Access services. Our service interoperates with SIP on other networks so that your subscriber services are seamless. Multiple configuration options give you the flexibility to customize your service offerings to meet customer needs.
SIP Gateway Service provides origination of local and long distance calls from the PSTN to Verizon's extensive VoIP network. Termination of both local and long distance calls (domestic, international, or both) from the Verizon VoIP network to the PSTN also leverages Verizon's expansive domestic and international TDM network.
The Verizon SIP Gateway Service network addresses over 75% of the U.S. population across the 2500+ rate centers supported. Please contact your Verizon account manager for further details on availability.
Features
Flexibility
SIP Gateway Service was designed with flexibility in mind. The service lets partners choose from any of the three available configurations to address the unique needs of your market or application.
| Configuration | Description | Benefit |
| Inbound Complete | Verizon provides inbound call routing from the PSTN and transports calls via IP to the partner's network | Subscribers can have the ability of multiple inbound numbers. |
| Two-Way Local | Verizon provides inbound call routing to your VoIP subscriber as well as outbound Local calling from your VoIP subscriber | Supports the needs of a true Local PSTN replacement service |
| Two-Way Complete | Verizon expands on the Two Way Local configuration with the support of Domestic U.S. and International LD calling by your VoIP subscriber | Supports the needs of a true Local and LD PSTN replacement service |
Different Pricing Options for Different Needs
Verizon makes it easier than ever for partners to package solutions right for any application. You can now choose to purchase the Two Way Local and Two Way Complete configuration telephone numbers (TNs) with the option of all Local calling being included with the TNs monthly recurring charge. Alternatively, partners can purchase the TNs with a lower monthly recurring charge but all local calls made by the subscriber also have a charge per minute. This is referred to as the metered option. All incoming calls are included in the TNs monthly recurring charge.
The Inbound Complete configuration also is available with a "metered" option. TNs can be purchased with all incoming calls included in the monthly recurring charge or for a lower monthly recurring charge; all incoming calls also incur a charge per minute.
Ordering Features
| Web-based Portal for Order Processing | For customers with lower order volumes, Verizon provides a Web-based portal (Portfolio) that makes submitting and checking service orders a snap. Verizon customers are fully trained on all processes and procedures to help you get up and running in no time. |
| Sub-daily Order Intervals | Sub-daily Order Intervals (SDI) provides our partners with the ability of getting customers installed in just a few hours. SDI is supported on Verzion provided numbers that are assigned to your subscribers. This feature does require pre-approval by Verizon. Once approved it is available for all new Verizon provided numbers. The SDI feature is not provided for numbers being ported in from another carrier. |
| Bulk File Upload | The bulk file upload option enables customers to submit multiple service orders contained within a single Excel™ file provided to Verizon via the Portfolio Portal. |
| Web Service API | Verizon’s secure and standards based API allow our customers to integrate our ordering system directly into their back-end business support systems. This solution is ideal for customers with high volumes of service orders. |
Local Features
| Directory Listing | Directory Listings (DL) are available with all three of the configurations offered. One DL is provided at no additional charge. |
| Enhanced 911 | Enhanced 911 (E911) Services are supported with 2-Way Local and 2-Way Complete configurations. E911 services are available as an additional feature of the telephone number with a separate monthly recurring charge (MRC). Alternatively you can utilize another vendor for E911 services and therefore choose not to order the E911 feature. |
| Line Information Database | Line Information Database (LIDB) services are included and provided as part of the service MRC. |
| Local Number Portability | Local Number Portability (LNP) is supported and maintained by Verizon as part of the SIP Gateway Service offering. |
Service Features
| Calling Name | Calling Name (CNAM) is supported for all outbound calls. |
| Discretionary Call Blocking | Discretionary Call Blocking supports blocking of calls for each subscriber account. Call types include inbound, local, LD, collect, directory assistance, 900/976, and third party calls. |
| Directory Assistance | Directory Assistance (DA) calls are supported for Two-Way Local and Two-Way Complete configurations. Branded DA services are also available for an additional fee and is a separate product offering. |
| Operator Services | Certain Operator Service (OS) call types are supported for Two-Way Local and Two-Way Complete configurations. Branded OS services are also available for an additional fee and is a separate product offering. |
| Enhanced Fraud Detection | Enhanced fraud detection provides monitoring and tracking of fraudulent traffic. This capability allows Verizon to notify our customers and help block fraudulent and costly traffic. |
| Foreign Telephone Number Assignment (FTNA) | Foreign Telephone Number Assignment provides the ability of assigning domestic U.S. telephone numbers to your subscribers regardless of geographic location. As an example, a customer in Los Angeles, CA could have a Chicago, IL telephone number. |
| Seasonal Pricing | Seasonal Pricing feature allows for your subscribers to maintain a telephone number for locations such as a vacation home, where they only require usage during part of the year. Seasonal Pricing allows the user to maintain and keep the same number year-round at a reduced rate. |
CODEC Support
| G.711 | Uncompressed full-quality G.711 is supported. |
| G.729 and G.729A | Compressed G/729 and G.729A is supported. |
Applications
The service allows you to leverage your capital investments in VoIP network equipment and Verizon’s rich history of operational and technical expertise.
- Use Verizon’s SIP Gateway Service to offer your subscribers comprehensive telephony products over a variety of traffic types, including local, domestic US long distance, international long distance, inbound and outbound.
- Promote long distance calling via VoIP telephony to control the cost of your and your subscribers’ long distance calling plans.
Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
The SLAs for Verizon SIP Gateway Service used in conjunction with SIP Internet Access apply to the following metrics:
- IP transport related metrics
- Network Availability
- Network Latency
- Packet Delivery
- Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
- Media related metrics
- Jitter
- Mean Opinion Score (MOS)
Note: Verizon SIP Gateway Service is provided where suitable facilities and coverage is available.
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To learn more about this service, please contact us or call your account manager today.
