Platform for rapid development of telecommunications services

A system for creating a new telecommunications service, the system comprising:

• a gateway coupled with a telephone network, the gateway being operative to receive data in a first format, translate the data into a second format, and transmit the data in the second format;
• a communication module coupled with the gateway, the communication module being operative to receive the data in the second format;
• a server coupled with the communication module, the server storing a telecommunications service creation tool;
• and
• at least one auxiliary module coupled with the server, the at least one auxiliary module being selected from the group consisting of:
• a voice recognition module, a billing module, a dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signal receiver module, and a service management module;
• wherein the communication module, the server, and the at least one auxiliary module are independent from the telephone network,
• wherein the telecommunications service creation tool is operative to:
• provide access to a customer at a remotely-located computer, wherein the customer is other than an employee of a telecommunications company running the telephone network;
• receive information from the remotely-located computer regarding a new telecommunications service that the customer wants to develop;
• and
• based on the received information, automatically generate computer code comprising a plurality of commands that implement the new telecommunication service;
• whereby the customer can develop the new telecommunications service by interacting with the telecommunications service creation tool.