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3 unusual facts about International telecommunications routes


International telecommunications routes

For example, A agrees to terminate one million minutes of B's of French Orange Mobile traffic and B agrees to terminate half-a-million minutes of A's UK Vodafone traffic – the difference in volumes reflecting the difference in the official costs of terminating the traffic.

Callback, which exploits the functionality of the SS7 signaling system, is discussed in another article.

Arbitrage is routing traffic via an intermediate country to take advantage of the differences in settlement rates.



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