DIDX
DIDX is also known as DIDXchange. DIDX is an example of a Wholesale DID Exchange. It is a service provided by SUPER technologies, Inc. and the invention of Rehan Ahmed. It is the wholesale marketplace, community, and exchange for buying, selling and/or trading DID, Direct Inward Dialing. DIDxchange is considered an example of a digital ecosystem or business ecosystem or internet exchange point, an open, demand driven collaborative environment where each digital species (networked agents such as incumbent, CLEC, IP PBX seller, contact center, Instant Messenger Provider, wireless operator, Internet Service Provider, application service provider) 'is proactive and responsive for its own benefit or profit' in the trade of DID, direct inward dialing. The constantly evolving DIDXchange environment supports cooperation, flexibility, scalability, DID pool sharing via the DIDX API and use of open and adaptive technologies such as SIP. It is a business model innovation evolved from The New global digital economy.
Wholesale voice members complete a seven step interoperability process resulting in an instant interconnect with 6500 other wholesale voice members to buy and sell DID (phone numbers). Any of the 6500 wholesale VoIP DIDX members may search according to its requirement of number of channels, calling card use granted, flat rate and number of included minutes, codecs supported, and vendor rating. Vendor rating is scaled 1 to 10 with 10 as the highest. Vendor rating is determined by length of membership, quality and quantity of its DID for sale on DIDX, references, DUNS report, financials and other criteria.
Voice industry members in June 2007 are from over 178 nations Providing millions of DID from 53 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, UK, USA, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Jamaica, Honduras, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Portugal, Reunion Island, Romania, Columbia, Turkey, Spain, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, and Venezuela.
The concept of DIDXchange was nominated for the 2005 and 2006 PASHA Best Communication Product award and Internet Telephony Excellence Award 2006. It was nominated for the Asia Pacific ICT Best Communication Product award in 2006 and the World Communication Changemaker Award in 2006.
See also
- Direct Inward Dialing
- List of commercial voice over IP network providers
- SIP
- Digital ecosystem
- Business ecosystem