united mobile sms issue with tmobile USA

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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...