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Find and buy routes in Market View
In short: Open Market View, choose Voice Market or SMS Market, search by country, prefix, seller or description and compare the routes; prices already include the platform commission. Click Purchase, pick All Accounts or one account and click Confirm Purchase. You then pay per call or message from your balance.
From market search to interconnection
- Market ViewSellers' routes, prices include the commission
- then, Search Routes, Route detailsASR, ACD, capacity and seller rating
- then, Confirm Purchase, InterconnectionFree to create; billed per call or message
- then, minutes later, Your inboxRate sheet and technical details by email
On this page
Market View is the TelecomsXchange marketplace: every seller's routes and current prices in one searchable table. Find a route, compare it, and buy it in a few clicks.
How do I search for routes?#
- Click Market View in the sidebar.
- Under I'm looking for.., choose Voice Market or SMS Market.
- Fill in at least one of Country, Prefix, Description or Seller.
- Optional: narrow the search with Route (the list fills in once you've entered a Seller), Min Price (USD), Max Price (USD) and, for voice, Route Type.
- Click Search Routes.
You'll see how many routes were found, with the results table below: 10 per page, with "(showing X - Y)" and page links at the bottom. Results are sorted by weekly ASR, best first. Clear Filters empties the form, and Hide filters / Show filters folds it away so the table has more room.
Route Type starts on CLI, so a voice search shows CLI routes unless you change it. To see every type, choose All Types before you click Search Routes.
Searching by Seller shows only that seller's public, non-anonymous routes. Routes a seller offers privately appear only if the seller has allowed your login.
Tip
Prefix is the most precise search. For North America, enter 1 followed by at least the 3-digit area code (for example 1416). Market View won't search on 1 alone.
How do I read the results?#
Each row is one seller route for one destination prefix:
| Column | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Prefix | The number range the price applies to |
| Destination | The country and network |
| Price | Price per minute (voice) or per SMS, including the platform commission (3%, or your company's own rate), so it is what you'll be billed. Two prices (first / next) mean the first increment is priced differently from the rest. For voice, [1/1] is the billing interval in seconds: first increment / next increments |
| MCC/MNC | Mobile network codes (SMS Market only) |
| Seller | Who sells it. Click the name for the seller's profile, or Anonymous to message an anonymous seller |
| Route | The seller's route name |
| Capacity | Maximum simultaneous calls: Unlimited or a number of channels (N ch). Voice only |
| Type | The route type, for example CLI, TDM or Non-CLI |
Min Price and Max Price filter on the same commission-inclusive price you see in the table. A Price change scheduled badge under a price warns you that the rate is about to change.
Click the info icon in a row (on a phone it opens as a Route details sheet) to compare quality before you buy: Effective date, Daily ASR, Weekly ASR, Daily ACD, Weekly ACD and Daily Minutes (voice), plus the seller's Rating (or No reviews yet), Reviews, Earnings and Member Since date. ASR turns red below 20% and ACD, shown in minutes, turns red below 2 minutes. A new route shows No Data Available until it has carried enough traffic.
To get the whole result in a file, click Download All N Rates. The file is route_lookup.csv with the columns Country, Description, Prefix (SMS: plus MCCMNC), Effective from, Seller, Route, Capacity, Price 1, Price N, Interval 1, Interval N, last day and week ASR, ACD and minutes, and the time the statistics were calculated. Rates scheduled for a future date are included as extra rows with their own Effective from date.
How do I purchase a route?#
- Click Purchase on the row you want.
- On Confirm Route Purchase, check the Route Information: Seller (or Anonymous Seller), Route Name, Tech Prefix and Route Type (Voice Route or SMS Route).
- Under Select Account, choose All Accounts or one account. Voice routes list your SIP accounts; SMS routes list your SMPP accounts. Each option shows the account's balance, for example "Balance: $50.00 USD" or "Using $50.00 of MAIN | Own: $0.00". IoT accounts can't buy routes.
- If you see Terms and Conditions (for example "Minimum ASR 20 %" or "Only Retail traffic accepted"), read them and tick I agree with the terms and conditions of the seller.
- Click Confirm Purchase, or Return to Market to go back without buying.
All Accounts adds the route to every matching account that doesn't have it yet. The first SMS route you buy on an SMPP account becomes that account's Default Route; you can change it later on Edit Account.
You'll see Purchase Successful: "Your route has been activated". Under What Happens Next:
- the seller's rate sheet is sent to your rates email address,
- the technical details (configuration) are sent to your primary account email,
- you can configure the route's settings in your account.
The Purchased Route Confirmation email ("You're Interconnected!") is sent by a scheduled job a few minutes after the purchase, with the host, port, tech prefix, protocol and the full price list attached. Add rates@telecomsxchange.com to your email allow-list. Future rate updates come from that address whenever the seller uploads new rates.
Click Configure Route Now to set ASR and ACD alerts for the new route, then send your first call.
Warning
Seller terms are enforced automatically. If your daily traffic breaks a seller's minimum ASR, minimum ACD or retail-only rule, your traffic on that route is blocked.
What if something goes wrong?#
| You see | What to do |
|---|---|
| At least one of Search Criterias Prefix/Country/Description/Seller is mandatory. | Fill in Country, Prefix, Description or Seller. |
| Prefix 1 should be followed by at least 3 digit area code. | Enter 1 plus the area code, for example 1416. |
| The prefix must be only numbers. | Remove spaces, + and other characters from the prefix. |
| The country must be only characters. / The description must be only characters. | Type a name with letters, not just digits or symbols. |
| The term 'SELECT' cannot be used in your search. | The words SELECT, DELETE and UPDATE aren't allowed in Country or Description. Rephrase. |
| Seller Not Found | Enter the seller's login exactly, or leave Seller empty. Anonymous sellers can't be searched by name. |
| Country Not Found | Check the spelling of the country name. |
| Error! You have to agree to seller terms and conditions to purchase the route. | Tick I agree with the terms and conditions of the seller. |
| Error! Choose another account or route, this route is already purchased for this account. | That account already has this route. Pick another account. |
| Error! Seller has blocked one of your accounts on this route, you can not purchase it until it gets unblocked. | Message the seller and ask them to unblock your account. |
| Error! Private route. | The seller offers this route privately to selected buyers only. |
Common questions
Do I pay anything when I purchase a route?
No. Purchasing creates an interconnection between your account and the seller's route. You pay per call or message, at the route's rate, from your prepaid balance.
Does the price in Market View include the platform commission?
Yes. Every price shown, in the results, the route details and the downloaded CSV, already includes the TelecomsXchange commission (3% unless your company has its own rate), so it is the rate you will be billed.
What do CLI, Non-CLI and TDM mean?
They are route types set by the seller. CLI routes deliver your caller ID to the called party, Non-CLI routes don't guarantee it, and TDM routes terminate over traditional TDM networks.
What are ASR and ACD?
ASR (Answer-Seizure Ratio) is the percentage of calls that get answered. ACD (Average Call Duration) is the average length of answered calls; Market View shows daily and weekly values once there is enough traffic.
Why do I get 'At least one of Search Criterias Prefix/Country/Description/Seller is mandatory'?
Market View needs at least one of Prefix, Country, Description or Seller before it can search. Fill one in and click Search Routes again.
What does Anonymous mean as a seller name?
The seller has chosen to sell anonymously. You can still purchase the route, and clicking Anonymous lets you message the seller through the platform. Searching by Seller never returns anonymous routes.
- Do I pay anything when I purchase a route?
- No. Purchasing creates an interconnection between your account and the seller's route. You pay per call or message, at the route's rate, from your prepaid balance.
- Does the price in Market View include the platform commission?
- Yes. Every price shown, in the results, the route details and the downloaded CSV, already includes the TelecomsXchange commission (3% unless your company has its own rate), so it is the rate you will be billed.
- What do CLI, Non-CLI and TDM mean?
- They are route types set by the seller. CLI routes deliver your caller ID to the called party, Non-CLI routes don't guarantee it, and TDM routes terminate over traditional TDM networks.
- What are ASR and ACD?
- ASR (Answer-Seizure Ratio) is the percentage of calls that get answered. ACD (Average Call Duration) is the average length of answered calls; Market View shows daily and weekly values once there is enough traffic.
- Why do I get 'At least one of Search Criterias Prefix/Country/Description/Seller is mandatory'?
- Market View needs at least one of Prefix, Country, Description or Seller before it can search. Fill one in and click Search Routes again.
- What does Anonymous mean as a seller name?
- The seller has chosen to sell anonymously. You can still purchase the route, and clicking Anonymous lets you message the seller through the platform. Searching by Seller never returns anonymous routes.
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