# Pricing automation for messaging carriers. - Canonical URL: https://www.broadnet.me/platforms/pricing-module - Language: en - Last updated: 2026-10-19 - Publisher: BroadNet (https://www.broadnet.me) - Markdown version of the page above, generated from the rendered page. Pricing Module · Automated rate management Automatically monitor email inboxes, parse Excel and CSV rate cards, validate the data, schedule effective-date updates, and synchronise real-time pricing databases. Eliminate manual rate-card processing and cut time-to-update by 90%. [Talk to platform team](https://www.broadnet.me/contact) [Request technical spec](https://www.broadnet.me/contact) 2FA · Audit trail Effective-date scheduler Real-time DB sync ![The BroadNet snow leopard walking past a living grid of rate cards and price curves](https://www.broadnet.me/marketing/art/pf-pricing.webp) BroadNet · pricing engine Pricing control 200+ countries 1,000+ operator connections 99.99% SLA By the numbers ## Automated rate management, in round numbers. OPERATORS 90% rate cards ingested per month CURRENCIES 99.9% auto-normalised at parse time CHANGES 15+ from inbox to live database ACCURACY 24/7 validated rows accepted on first pass Platform capabilities ## Six modules in one pricing platform. Email processing, multi-format parsing, data validation, effective-date scheduling, dashboards, and downstream integration — built for operators and aggregators who receive rate cards from hundreds of partners every month. ### Dynamic rate cards Per-sender format templates handle every quirk — different column orders, header conventions, sheet layouts, encodings. One template per partner, written once, never touched again. 15+ formats Per-sender XLS / XLSX / CSV / TXT ### Effective-date scheduler Future-dated changes land in a history table the moment they're parsed. The scheduler applies them to the live database on the operator's stated effective date. No manual cutover, no missed midnight. Auto-apply History table Rollback ready ### Currency conversion Inbound rates in USD, EUR, GBP, AED, SAR, INR, NGN — anything. Normalised to your operating currency at parse time using daily FX feeds. Margin math always lines up. 37 currencies Daily FX feed Audit-logged ### A2P pricing & bands Wholesale, retail, enterprise, and partner bands per destination. Volume tiers, commitment discounts, and grey-route premiums attached at the rate level. Routing reads it, billing reads it. Per band Volume tiers Commitments ### Margin dashboards Cost-vs-sell spread per destination. Top movers by margin erosion. Increase / Decrease / New / Same / Deleted pie. Top companies by inbound rate-card volume. System monitor for the platform itself. Live Per-destination Per-partner ### Downstream integration Source of truth for pricing in your stack. Webhooks fire on every rate change. CSV exports for downstream batch jobs. Direct database integration into routing engines and billing systems. Webhooks CSV export DB direct Capability matrix ## Every stage, from inbox to live rate. Eight capabilities, one pipeline. Each stage has a defined input, a defined output and a known cadence — so a pricing team can trace any rate on the live database back to the email that produced it. | Capability | What it does | Input / trigger | Output | Cadence | |---|---|---|---|---| | Inbox ingestion | Watches mailboxes over IMAP/SSL and pulls rate-card attachments | Partner email + attachment | Parsed row set | 5-min poll | | Format parsing | Per-sender templates for 15+ file layouts and encodings | XLS · XLSX · CSV · TXT | Normalised rows | Per message | | Validation | Range checks vs history, de-duplication, currency sanity | Parsed rows | Accepted / quarantined | Per message | | Currency conversion | Normalises any of 37 currencies to your operating currency | Foreign-currency rates | Single-currency rates | Daily FX feed | | Effective-date scheduler | Queues future-dated changes and applies them on the stated date | Effective date | Live DB write | On effective date | | Margin engine | Cost-vs-sell spread per destination and pricing band | Cost + sell rates | Margin %, top movers | Live | | A2P bands | Wholesale, retail, enterprise and partner tiers with volume steps | Band configuration | Priced rows per band | On change | | Downstream sync | Pushes the source of truth into routing and billing systems | Rate-change event | Webhook · CSV · DB | On change | How it works ## One pipeline from partner email to routing engine. A rate card lands in the mailbox. The parser reads it against that partner's template, validation quarantines anything out of range, FX normalises the numbers, and the scheduler holds future-dated changes until their effective date. The pricing database is the single source of truth every downstream system reads from. 01 · Ingest Inbox - IMAP/SSL mailbox - Attachments pulled - Sender allowlist 02 · Parse Parse & validate - Per-sender template - Range checks - Quarantine on fail 03 · Normalise FX & schedule - 37-currency FX - Effective-date queue - History table 04 · Store Pricing database - Single source of truth - Cost + sell + bands - Rollback ready 05 · Sync Downstream - Routing engine - Billing system - Webhooks · CSV Worked example ## A supplier hikes a rate. You see it the same day. An illustrative scenario: a GCC operator lifts its A2P cost from $0.0354 to $0.0367 — a 3.67% increase. Your enterprise sell price for that market is fixed at $0.0450 by contract. The moment the new card is parsed, the margin view recomputes the spread and flags the erosion before a single message is billed at the old assumption. | Destination | Cost now | Sell | Spread | Margin % | vs last card | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | GCC MNO · SA | $0.0367 | $0.0450 | $0.0083 | 18.4% | ▼ −2.9 pp | | Gulf MNO · AE | $0.0398 | $0.0520 | $0.0122 | 23.5% | ▲ +2.7 pp | | W. Africa MNO · NG | $0.0128 | $0.0180 | $0.0052 | 28.9% | ▲ +7.8 pp | | N. Africa MNO · EG | $0.0094 | $0.0120 | $0.0026 | 21.7% | ▼ −4.1 pp | Erosion detected SA margin falls from 21.3% to 18.4%. The destination jumps to the top of the “margin erosion” dashboard the moment the card is parsed. Offset elsewhere UAE and Nigeria costs fell in the same batch, lifting their margins — net portfolio impact is visible in one view, not reconstructed from spreadsheets. Action Pricing reprices the SA enterprise rate, schedules it to an effective date, and the change flows to routing and billing automatically. Who runs on the Pricing Module ## Three teams. One source of truth. OPERATOR PRICING ### Carriers managing interconnect rates MNOs and MVNOs receive interconnect rate cards from hundreds of bilateral partners. The Pricing Module ingests every monthly update, validates against historical norms, and applies on effective date — without a spreadsheet ever opening. - Bilateral A2P rate cards - Interconnect updates per route - Operator partner allowlist RESELLER MARGIN ### Aggregators protecting their spread Aggregators live and die on the spread between supplier cost and customer sell. The platform exposes margin per destination in real time, surfaces erosion the day a supplier hikes, and lets pricing teams reprice downstream before the bill hits. - Cost-vs-sell per destination - Erosion alerts on supplier hikes - Reprice downstream in one click ENTERPRISE CONTRACTS ### Enterprise teams holding committed pricing Enterprise customers buy on committed rates with effective-date guarantees. The scheduler enforces those commitments automatically — the live pricing database honours each contract's effective window without a billing engineer in the loop. - Per-customer committed rates - Effective-date guarantees - Contract-aware billing exports Security & compliance ## Carrier-grade controls. Auditor-friendly. 2FA · Admin access ### Email-based 6-digit second factor Username/email and password as first factor; 6-digit code to the registered mailbox as second. Resend, controlled disable from User Management, and email-reset for forgotten passwords. Audit trail ### Every change is recorded Each parsed row, validation outcome, scheduled change, and database write is journalled with sender, operator, user, and timestamp. Regulator-ready exports. ISO 27001 · SOC 2 ### Information security baseline Operated on ISO 27001-certified infrastructure with SOC 2 Type II controls, GDPR-aligned data residency, and role-based access control across User Management. ISO 27001 ISO 9001 ISO 22301 SOC 2 GDPR GSMA Associate Member Role-based access How it fits ## One source of truth the whole stack reads from. The Pricing Module is not an island. Webhooks fire on every rate change, CSV exports feed batch jobs, and direct database integration wires it into the routing engines and billing systems that turn a rate into revenue. webhooks · CSV export · DB direct [A2P SMS routing The routing engine reads live rates and bands straight from the pricing database. Learn more](https://www.broadnet.me/products/a2p-sms) [Performance System Monitor the pricing pipeline itself — parse rate, queue depth and sync health. Learn more](https://www.broadnet.me/platforms/performance-system) [AirVantage Denominations, fees and advance offers priced on the same commercial rails. Learn more](https://www.broadnet.me/platforms/airvantage) [SMSC Gateway Carrier-grade delivery core downstream of the rates the module manages. Learn more](https://www.broadnet.me/operators/smsc-gateway) FAQ ## Questions pricing teams ask first. **What file formats can it parse?** XLS, XLSX, CSV and TXT, across 15+ layout variants. Each partner gets a per-sender template that captures its column order, header conventions, sheet layout and encoding — written once and reused on every future card, so quirks never become manual work. **How does the effective-date scheduler work?** Future-dated changes land in a history table the moment they are parsed. The scheduler applies each one to the live database on the operator's stated effective date — no manual cutover, no missed midnight. Because the history table retains prior values, changes are rollback-ready. **What happens when a rate fails validation?** Validation runs range checks against historical norms, de-duplicates rows and sanity-checks currencies. Anything out of range is quarantined rather than written live, and surfaced for review — so a fat-fingered supplier card can't silently corrupt your routing table. **How does currency conversion stay accurate?** Inbound rates in any of 37 currencies are normalised to your operating currency at parse time using daily FX feeds, and every conversion is audit-logged. Your margin math always lines up because cost and sell are held in a single currency on the live database. **How does pricing reach our routing and billing systems?** The pricing database is the source of truth. Webhooks fire on every rate change, CSV exports feed downstream batch jobs, and direct database integration wires rates into routing engines and billing systems. Downstream systems read; they never guess. **Who can change rates, and is it audited?** Admin access is protected by an email-based 6-digit second factor on top of username and password, with role-based access across User Management. Every parsed row, validation outcome, scheduled change and database write is journalled with sender, operator, user and timestamp — regulator-ready. **Can it handle per-customer committed pricing?** Yes. Committed rates with effective-date guarantees are enforced by the scheduler automatically. The live pricing database honours each contract's effective window per band — wholesale, retail, enterprise or partner — without a billing engineer in the loop. ![Carrier-grade messaging platform infrastructure](https://www.broadnet.me/marketing/generated/viz-platform.png) Carrier-grade platform ## Infrastructure engineered since 2003. The same platform that carries 300M+ messages a day, available as building blocks for your stack. 300M+ Msgs·day 99.99% SLA 23+ Years [Talk to sales](https://www.broadnet.me/contact) Direct to platform engineering ## Stop processing rate cards by hand. A working session with the engineers who run the Pricing Module at BroadNet. Bring last month's rate inbox and a partner contract — we will show you the spread you cannot see today. [Schedule platform briefing](https://www.broadnet.me/contact) [Request technical spec](https://www.broadnet.me/contact) $ ssh platform-eng@broadnet.me Related guides & answers Go deeper on the concepts behind this product. [How much does A2P SMS cost Read](https://www.broadnet.me/answers/sms-pricing-explained) [SMS pricing per MT — what you're actually paying for Read](https://www.broadnet.me/answers/sms-pricing-per-mt-explained) [How can I reduce SMS costs Read](https://www.broadnet.me/answers/how-to-reduce-sms-costs) [What is A2P monetization Read](https://www.broadnet.me/answers/what-is-a2p-monetization)