[Asterisk-Users] GSM Gateway / Terminal for sale

[pdhales at optusnet.com.au]

I have used both Telular analog units and Voiceblue SIP units in Australia.

PaulH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adrian Carter" <adrian at lei.net.au>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
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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
>
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