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Provider Twilio (US)

https://www.twilio.com/sip-trunking

Inbound and outbound works globally. Config files also available at: https://www.twilio.com/docs/sip-trunking/sample-configuration#freeswitch.

Add the Twilio IP addresses into the domain section under autoload_configs/acl.conf.xml

<configuration name="acl.conf" description="Network Lists">

Registration: /usr/local/freeswitch/conf/sip_profiles/external/

<include>
<gateway name="twilio-outbound">
<param name="username" value="---user---"/>
<param name="password" value="---password---" />
<param name="proxy" value="example.pstn.twilio.com" />
<param name="register" value="false"/>
</gateway>
<gateway name="twilio-inbound">
<param name="username" value="---user---"/>
<param name="password" value="---password---"/>
<param name="proxy" value="example.pstn.twilio.com"/>
<param name="register" value="false"/>
<param name="dtmf-type" value="rfc2833"/>
<param name="context" value="public"/>
</gateway>
</include>

Inbound calling: /usr/local/freeswitch/conf/dialplan/public/

<include>
<extension name="public_did">
<condition field="destination_number" expression="^\+15550000000$">
<action application="set" data="domain_name=$${domain}"/>
<action application="playback" data="phrase:greeting"/>
<action application="transfer" data="1000 XML default"/>
</condition>
</extension>
</include>

Outbound calling: /usr/local/freeswitch/conf/dialplan/default/

<include>
<extension name="twilio-outbound">
<condition field="destination_number" expression="^(1{0,1}\d{10})$">
<action application="set" data="effective_caller_id_number=+15550000000"/>
<action application="set" data="effective_caller_id_name=${outbound_caller_id_name}"/>
<action application="bridge" data="sofia/gateway/twilio-outbound/+1$1"/>
</condition>
</extension>
</include>

For a more comprehensive walk through of provisioning Twilio trunks, configuring FreeSWITCH, and best practices please see our Getting Started Placing Outbound Calls with Twilio Elastic SIP Trunking and FreeSWITCH blog post.