How to Make my asterisk server to make Outbound Calls and Recieve Inbound

Question

I have an asterisk Soft PBX running on my Ubuntu Machine and i managed to do extensions calls from one softphone to another by doing required configurations in the Sip.Conf as well as extension.conf.I can dial as well as receive calls.Now my next target is to make this working for the real Outbound and Inbound calls.I will tell you i am a novice asterisk player who is trying to learn the things to play with.So my questions regarding this are:

Do i need some hardware to make the required things happen, if yes,Please specify. What are the nature of the Dialplans to execute the calls successfully.

What are the things we need to get from the Telephone Service Provider End.

Also ,i will share that i am residing in INDIA. Please guys help me. Thanks in advance..

Answer 1

No, you not need any hardware.

You need SIP trunk/voip provider.