Real-time billing using the new bidirectional ARI for Asterisk

The presentation will take place in Room 106 on Thursday, March 5, 2026 - 13:45 to 14:30

Explore the seamless integration between the CGRateS Billing Framework and Asterisk using the new bidirectional ARI, showing you how to build your own real-time billing system for your Asterisk setup.

Audio / Video

Recent enhancements to ARI with bidirectional communication over WebSocket have greatly simplified integration with external components, such as real-time billing engines. These components can now function almost like internal modules of Asterisk.

In this talk, we’ll explore the seamless integration between the CGRateS Billing Framework and Asterisk using the new bidirectional ARI, showing you how to build your own real-time billing system for your Asterisk setup.