Are GSM gateways allowed in Canada? And can we resell it? Robert
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Steve Kennedy > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] GSM Gateway / Terminal for sale > > On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 01:23:26PM -0000, Chris Bagnall wrote: > > > > I don't get it. What is the advantage of using a GSM gateway? > > > VOIP calls are pretty inexpensive as they are now. > > It largely depends on the country you're calling. Here in the UK, > > calls to mobiles are maintained at an artificially high > rate because > > the terminating network (the mobile networks) get a cut of call > > revenue for calls *to* your mobile. By contrast, in the US, > the mobile > > customer often pays a small charge per minute on incoming > calls (as I understand the market over there). > > You'll also find in the UK the mobile phone market is heavily > > subsidized by the networks such that you can get phones for free if > > you sign up to 12 month contracts. I often find that it's > > cost-effective to get a new contract every 12 months (with a free > > phone), even if I don't want the phone. Flog the phone on ebay and > > you've got a spare SIM with lots of inclusive minutes for > almost nothing. > > In the UK the wholesale rates are set by Ofcom (like the > FCC), which works out about 7p'ish per minute. > > However the operators can offer retail bundles (including > phones) and for a monthly contract they "throw" in various > ammounts of cross network minutes (or free to their own > network or whatever). With clever dial-plans and multiple > terminals connected to multiple networks you can generally > get "free" calls to mobile users (basically clever least cost > routing, time of day sometimes needs to be taken into account > as well). > > However there are some disadvantages, the main being you cant > set CLI of the outgoing call as it will always be tied to the > SIM of the mobile terminal. > > Another is that you can NOT run a GSM gateway (as they're > known) for 3rd parties. So if you want to connect your office > PBX to a gateway to make use of cheap mobile termination for > your own company that's fine, but as an ITSP (or traditional > telco) you can not allow 3rd party traffic to utilise a > gateway. If networks find you are using a gateway (as a > telco) they can cut it off, no questions asked. Gateways have > been determined to be fixed infrastructure, therefore NOT mobile. > > There is (or maybe was by now) an Ofcom consultation asking > whether this should be changed, the mobile operators will > fight it, telcos and other users will be asking for it to be changed. > > Of course this is UK specific, other countries have more > lenient policies (I think Belgium allow gateways, France > doesn't allow any kind, and some allow them with the > co-operation of the operators). > > > Steve > > -- > NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 > UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 > 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM stevekennedyuk / MSN > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog > http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
