[enum-wg] Austria starts with the ENUM-based number range

Hi,

On 2005/04/19 13:04, Carsten Schiefner <enumvoipsip.cs at schiefner.de> wrote:
> Otmar Lendl wrote:
> 
> >The call routing on the PSTN side is NOT AFFECTED by the selection
> >of the KDB. Any telco can route *all* calls to *all* 0780 numbers
> >to the same PSTN->VoIP gateway. The telco (KDB) currently owning
> >the number has no right to receive the call via the usual SS7 interconnect.
> >If there are multiple gateways available on the SS7 network, any
> >telco originating calls to 0780 can choose the most convenient (i.e.
> >cheapest) one to terminate calls to all 0780 numbers.
> 
> [Thanks also to Alexander, who also clarified on that very point]
> 
> After having slept over it (and some mind massages via private email 
> exchange), I guess I need to rephrase the question appropriately:
> 
> - What will be 780 termination costs like?

Termination costs as seen by the end-user, or termination
costs between carriers?

> - Is that being set by RTR, the Austrian regulator?

The RTR has specified only "quellnetztarifiert", meaning that the
originating network is free to set a price they charge to
someone calling a 0780 number. Based on hints appearing in
www.telekom.at, I'd expect that to be somewhere between local
and national tariffs for TA customers.

Generally speaking, the RTR does not interfere in the pricing of
carrier-carrier settlement regimes unless one of the parties complains.

As far as we know, that has not happened yet, thus RTR is still
out of the loop in terms of 0780 interconnection fees.

> - From what I understand what you (and Alexander) said - "If there are 
> multiple gateways available on the SS7 network, [...]" - each TSP/CSP 
> can pick any other gateway (true m:n relation), so eventually there 
> likely will be a market price for gatewaying.

Yes. If using someone else's gateway is too expensive, you can either
build your own or route your traffic to someone charging less for
termination.

> - In the meantime, there might be only one or two TSPs/CSPs providing 
> such gateways. Will they be regulated pricewise for the time being?

No.

/ol
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< Otmar Lendl (lendl at nic.at) | nic.at Systems Engineer >