Operator pool
An operator pool is the set of live mobile ranges a provider can currently draw numbers from, across the operators it has agreements with.
In detail
Stock counts and prices here come from that pool as it stands rather than from a published rate card, which is why the same row can read differently an hour later. Ranges are added as operators rotate them and retired when their observed delivery rate drops. Depth varies enormously: tier-one markets carry thousands of numbers per service, small territories carry double digits.
Also known as
- number pool
- range pool
Related terms
- Delivery rateThe delivery rate is the share of orders on one service and country that actually received a code in the last 24 hours.
- SIM farmA SIM farm is a bank of modems holding hundreds of physical SIM cards, used to receive or send SMS on those numbers automatically.
- Number recyclingNumber recycling is the practice of returning a used number to the pool so that a different customer can be issued it later.