SIP & Network
The software-based call control platform that routes calls, applies rating and policy, and connects customers to upstream carriers.
The softswitch holds routing tables, least-cost routing logic, customer rate plans, and balance controls. It generates the CDRs used for billing and for after-the-fact fraud analysis.
Because the softswitch decides where a call goes and whether it is allowed, it is where blocking, spend caps, and destination restrictions ultimately take effect.
Fraud controls that live only in a reporting tool arrive too late. They have to reach the softswitch or SBC to actually prevent a call.
The network element that sits at the edge of a voice network to control signaling and media, enforce security policy, and normalize SIP between networks.
The per-call record capturing calling and called numbers, timestamps, duration, route, disposition, and the customer responsible.
The routing number that identifies the switch actually serving a telephone number after number portability, used to route ported calls correctly.
The unauthorized use of a phone system or account to place calls that someone else has to pay for, usually to expensive international destinations.
SipShield scores live SIP traffic with patented AI so the controls behind this term run automatically — and leave the audit trail regulators expect.