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** (Re-posted to include uk.telecom.voip - I meant to include that group -
insights into the nature and charges / revenues on the VoIP side would be /
is interesting to) **


"News Reader" <no@email.invalid> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am hoping someone can clarify on terminology and provide some insight on
> rates for revenue from termination and origination and charges for
> transit.
>
> For example, as I understand it, if someone calls from Virgin Media,
> Virgin Media will receive a proportion of call revenue for carrying the
> call up to the boundary of their network (where they pass the call to for
> example BT wholesale for onward routing / termination [e.g. if the caller
> is calling an 0800 number Virgin Media will receive some of the payment to
> the terminating operator for the part of the call carried by their
> network] [if a normal call - e.g. landline call to the UK - Virgin Media
> would charge the caller e.g. 1p/minute and then pay a termination provider
> for that part of the call beyond their network boundary - for example BT
> at say 0.5p/minute]). Likewise, I understand they receive a proportion of
> revenue if someone calls a Virgin Media phone for that part of the call
> they have carried into / on their network (i.e. from where it comes onto
> the Virgin Media network at its boundary [e.g. from BT] through to the
> destination phone on the Virgin Media network).
>
> Can someone confirm the terminology for each part / side (or parts /
> sides) of the routing transaction (both in terms of the call handling /
> routing / process and the same for the revenue and charging sides of the
> operation)? Also information about rates for each part of the process
> (approximate or average) would be great or interesting :) .
>
>
> Many thanks and best wishes,
>
>
>
>
> News Reader
>
>
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