I have used both Telular analog units and Voiceblue SIP units in Australia.
PaulH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 1:40 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] GSM Gateway / Terminal for sale > Is anyone aware of the details of this in Australia? > > I'd love to be able to let tech's have calls route straight to their > mobiles when 'in-house'.... > > Steve Kennedy wrote: > > >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 > > > > > > > > -- > Adrian Carter > Technical Manager > Leading Edge Internet > > Web http://www.lei.net.au http://support.lei.net.au > Direct +61 2 6163 6162 Support 1 300 662 415 > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > --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
