Billing, Routes & Rate Plans Guide

Billing, Routes & Rate Plans Guide

The Billing section controls how calls are routed to your VoIP provider and how costs are calculated per minute. This section is mainly used by system administrators and resellers.

ICTContact Billing Routes showing destination patterns, trunk assignments for voice calls
Routes — define which trunk handles calls to each destination

Routes

Navigate to Billing > Routes to manage call routing rules. A route tells the system: “When dialing numbers that match this pattern, send the call through this trunk (gateway).”

Route Columns

Column Meaning
Type Call type — voice, fax, SMS
Destination Number pattern this route applies to (e.g., Pakistan Mobile Ufone 9233)
Trunk The VoIP gateway/provider that handles these calls

Adding a New Route

  1. Click New Route
  2. Select call type (voice/fax/SMS)
  3. Enter the destination pattern (country code + prefix, or “default” for all calls)
  4. Select the Trunk to route through
  5. Set priority (lower number = higher priority when multiple routes match)
  6. Save

Rate Plans

Navigate to Billing > Rate Plans to define per-minute call rates. Rate Plans are assigned to users/clients so you can bill different clients at different rates. For example: a “Standard Plan” at $0.01/min and an “Enterprise Plan” at $0.008/min.

Creating a Rate Plan

  1. Click New Rate Plan
  2. Enter a plan name
  3. Set the default per-minute rate
  4. Add destination-specific overrides if needed (e.g., international calls at a higher rate)
  5. Save and assign to users via User Management

Rates

Navigate to Billing > Rates to manage per-destination call rates in bulk. You can import a CSV rate sheet from your VoIP provider and map rates to destinations. This gives you full control over call costing per country and prefix.

Payments

Navigate to Billing > Payments to view payment history, add credit to accounts, and manage balances for multi-tenant users. In a reseller setup, each client has a credit balance that decreases as calls are made based on their rate plan.

Related: Gateways / Trunks Guide | User Management | Full User Guide