united mobile sms issue with tmobile USA

[prion]

the increase in the rates is due toi the fact that the carrier (United mobile) asks for more to connect the call. So it is a matter of interconnection fees.

[Przemolog]

Originally Posted by prion

the increase in the rates is due toi the fact that the carrier (United mobile) asks for more to connect the call. So it is a matter of interconnection fees.

Yes, but it's not any reason to block the calls at all as T-Mo US does

[MATHA531]

Originally Posted by Przemolog

Yes, but it's not any reason to block the calls at all as T-Mo US does

I don't understand....just who sets the termination fees when one calls a gsm caller pays network....the roaming partner, the receiving partner, the great gsm computer in the sky (doubt if it exists)....also for example rates to Estonia mobiles have shot through the roof too...Iceland mobiles haven't for the most part.

Callbackworld current rates which I use sort of as a benchmark....Liechtenstein mobiles 29¢/minute; Estonian mobiles 22¢/minutes, Iceland mobiles 15¢/minute, UK mobiles 40¢/minute...these are for calls from a free roaming partner to the USA which of course makes the Isle of Man mobiles the worst (although I think their naitive rate to call the USA is 19p/minute without using cbw which is a bit of a savings over cbw.

[Przemolog]

Originally Posted by MATHA531

I don't understand....just who sets the termination fees when one calls a gsm caller pays network....the roaming partner, the receiving partner, the great gsm computer in the sky (doubt if it exists)....also for example rates to Estonia mobiles have shot through the roof to...Iceland mobiles haven't for the most part.

The "mobile termination rate" is the money that a CPP operator is paid from other operators which route incoming calls to it. It's set by the operator itself but may be the subject of intervention from the telecom regulator or the antimonopoly authority. I don't know if operators set different termination rates for calls originating from the home country and from abroad...

[bbob]

Originally Posted by prion

the increase in the rates is due toi the fact that the carrier (United mobile) asks for more to connect the call. So it is a matter of interconnection fees.

Could be but I still call to UM from the Netherlands from 8 eurocents per minute and there are other carriers at 10 or 12 or 14 cents per minute.

Also I do not see a reason for UM to really ask much more. If rates to their number go up this way they will become less popular and less people will use UM. So if it is UM that increases their rates this will turn back on them.