GSM

TERMINATION -

BUSINESS
OF THE

FUTURE

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Latvia, RIGA
2015
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 What will you learn?

1 | What kind of business is the most stable

during the economic crisis?

2 | What is GSM network?

3 | What is VoIP

4 | How do mobile operators earn money?

5 | How can YOU make money in the

telecommunitions industry
 What kind of business is the most
stable during the economic crisis?
Today is 2015: a time of economic crisis, many industries are
experiencing difficult times. Some of them reduce the speed
of production, reduce the workforce and steadily lose profits.
A lot of them stop their activity. In spite of the unfavorable
economic climate a successful and profitable edge of market
can be still found.

T he telecommunications industry is the sample of the branches, that can bring a permanent
income. Telephony is a high-tech sector and its financial turnover continues to grow from
year to year. High-tech sectors have always been an oasis for entrepreneurs who prefer a
steady income. And GSM termination, as a part of it, became an excellent business
opportunity.

So what prevents us from being a part of such a profitable

business? GSM temination doesnt require some big
funds, specific business relations or special educational
background. The only obstacle to business success is
a lack of knowledge about mobile operators and the
principles of GSM termination. In these exclusive series of
materials wellpass all the stages of GSM termination one
by one.

In 2014 the total income of mobile operators was estimated

as USD 1.2 trillion. By 2020 its expected to increase
by 3% to USD 1.4 trillion (data was taken from the
annual report 2013 GSMA Mobile economy). You have
to agree that even a small piece of a pie is quite a big
sum. So lets put this piece onto our plate.

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 What is GSM network?
F irst of all we need to find out what mobile communications, that we pay for, actually
are, and after that we will discuss GSM termination in details. Mobile operator
is a company that uses radio frequencies to provide telecommunication services.
Operators can create their own cellular network, develop conditions of their service,
and collect payments for their services.

GSM (abbreviation for the name of Groupe Spcial Mobile, later renamed as the Global System
for Mobile Communications) is the global standard for digital mobile communications, with
time division multiplexing (TDMA) and frequency (FDMA). It was developed by the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in the late 1980s.

Lets look at the path of call from one mobile subscriber to another
Let's look at the scheme call one subscriber to another
OPERATOR B PBX
GSM ANTENNA

Call from GSM A call from PBX of

antenna of Operator B gets
Operator A goes to the nearest
to Private Branch subscriber B GSM
Exchange (PBX) antenna
of Operator A
Phone call from user A
with a help of SIM card
Call from (PBX) of
Operator A
SUBSCRIBER B
goes to goes to PBX of
nearest GSM network Operator B
antenna Call via the GSM
of Mobile Operator A network antennas of
Operator B finds
subscriber B cell and
the phone rings.

SUBSCRIBER A OPERATOR A PBX GSM ANTENNA

GSM network is a product of the industrial

era. Its an old generation network.

Outdated technologies were used for their

creation, and these networks are built
exactly on the basis of old stereotypes:
enclosed in the national frontiers and
isolated from each other by artificial
restrictions.

GSM antenna (BTS) example

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 What is VoIP
Internet (International network) is a network of new generation, which is specially
created to overcome the political restrictions. Its a free access to information,
independently of state borders. GSM network builds its own borders even inside
of one state. It constructs fences between its subscribers. How to break these
fences? You will find the answer below. When you are talking via Skype - it is
VoIP network: stable, easy and free.

V
oIP - (Eng. Voice over IP) voice over IP. IP-telephony means a set of communication protocols,
technologies and methods, providing traditional telephony dialing, redialing and bilateral
voice communication and video communication over the Internet or any other IP-based
networks. The signal is transmitted over a communication channel into digital form and is
usually converted before transmission (compressed) to remove the excess information and
reduce the load on the data network.

Skype - free proprietary software with closed source, providing

text, voice and video over the Internet between computers (IP-
telephony), optionally using peer to peer technology, as well as
paid services for calls to mobiles and landlines. By the end of
2010, the program had got 663 million of users.

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 How do mobile operators earn
money?
So what does your mobile operator sell? The service of access to its mobile
network (or GSM network). Why are you ready to pay for it? Because thats how
you will be able to establish connections at any time with your relatives, friends,
colleagues and business partners.

T ariff - a set of prices for the use of the various services of the mobile operator. Basically
there are two types of tariffs. The first one is a local tariff. It includes prices for mobile
communications within a certain area (for example, some province or state). The second type
is international. International tariff plan is also a set of prices for the use of mobile operator
(calls, SMS, internet access) but within different countries. It is generally higher than local tariffs.

By which means does a mobile operator collect payment from you? Usually you need to buy the
sim-card in the mobile communication shop and then from time to time to top up your balance.
The balance can be topped up in the terminals of automatic top up in cash or by bank card in
ATMs, through on-line services or by vouchers. A sum of money from your mobile account
will be charged off for different services of mobile operator, that you use according to your
tariff plan. A tariff plan determines the cost of the minute, SMS and some other services which
you are offered by your operator.

Imagine how many million of people top up their

mobile account every second? And there is an
opportunity to participate in this cash flow. But
in order to make it, you need to understand what
forms the call price.

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GSM operators also use VoIP for international calls. Lets take a look how does it work.

H ow much can you ea r n

a minute per 1 call
U S A mobile oper ator U S A m obile oper a tor - 5 0 c ents
H is voic e in G S M f o r m a t
goes to a bas e s tation and B ig c a r r ier - 1 5 c ents
r ea ches mobile oper a t o r S m a ll c a r r ier - 1 0 c ents
in U S A . F r om this c a ll oper a t o r G H A N A m obile oper a tor - 2 5 c ents
receives $1 for 1 min. T hen S m a ll c a r r ier
mobile oper a tor conver ts S m a ll tr a ns it oper a tor ( c a r r ier )
G S M f o r m a t t o V o I P a n d look s a lr ea dy deliver s V oI P c a ll to G ha na
for carrier (transit) company, a nd for 2 5 c ents dea ls w ith loc a l oper a tor
whic h is r eady to s end the c a ll to deliver c a ll via it's G S M netw or k .
to G hana for 5 0 cents.

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Mc ll IP ll fr om U S A
GS Vo

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FINISH
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mobile phone
to his fr iend in G H AN A mobile oper ator
G ha na . Ca rrier
After receiving VoIP traffic African large E nter ing fr om the sma ll tr a n s i t o p e r a t o r t o a

START tra n s i t o p e r a t o r ( c a r r i e r ) m e d i a t e s a n d m o b i l e o p e r a t o r i n G h a n a , c a l l i s conver ted fr om V

f i n d s s m a l l t r a n s i t o p e r a t o r , which agrees oI P for ma t to G S M again. G h a n a i a n oper a t o r P B X s
to deliver a call to Ghana for 35 cents. e n d s s i g n a l t o t h e G S M a n t e n n a f r om whic h the G S
M f a l l s i n t o t h e s u b s c r iber ' s B p h o n e .
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As it is displayed on the scheme, the mobile operators rely on intermediary carriers (also called
small transit operators). These small companies have neither their own subscribers,
nor expensive high quality technical base. They pass the international calls between each other
and finally send them to the mobile operator of reciving subscriber, basically doing all the work.

Each of them gets a very small portion of call cost, with bigger part of it paid to receiving
operator which transmits the international call inside its GSM network.
The super high price holds out due to the
Carrier a company that earns on
stereotype international call means expensive
providing mobile operators favorable
call. Why is it expensive? Because it is distant,
(cheaper) route for a call from one
and it is technically difficult.
country to another. It doesnt have its
own subscribers, towers and SIM cards.
Undoubtedly, in the times of the golden age
of the telegraph and at the dawn of interna-
The role of the carrier or transit operator
tional telephone communication,
in the telecommunications market is
intercontinental calls were rather expensive
comparable to the tour operator, where
and technically difficult indeed.
the role of tour operator performs a
transit operator, and a call is a client.
But now there is the Internet. And
mobile operators as we found out use GSM
As we know, the tour operator does not
signal only within the phone antenna - base
have its own hotels, airplanes and taxis.
station - mobile PBX. Then they carry GSM
Its task is to make secure and inexpensive
signal to VoIP and transmitt it via the Internet.
route for the customer travelling on
vacation.

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 How can YOU make money in
telecommunications market?
How do the small operators execute the transit? With the help of the Internet network.
Large mobile operator gives him your call as digital data packages. Such a method of voice transfer
is called VoIP (Voice over IP) or Voice over Internet Protocol. Why it happens is pretty clear.
Internet connection is very cheap and reliable. Mobile operator buys Internet connection at cheap
rates, packs your call in data packages and throws them to a small transit operator - almost for
free. At the same time, remember how much you pay to mobile operator for an international call.

And in another country, another mobile operator receives your call, asking the small transit
operator a considerable price for permission to transfer your call to its GSM network. This is the
final destination of your call. Jargon variant of this process is landing, and in a professional
environment it is called termination (from the word terminate). Call termination is a
transfer of the call to the final point of the route - the subscriber. The call undergoes
a long way through several operators and it is terminated when reaches the callee subscriber.
Mobile operator asks a big amount of money for this service. He gets your call via Internet from
a small transit operator and transfers it to its GSM network at high prices.

The question is, if we can transfer a call from the Internet to the GSM network without the help
and margin of the mobile monopolist? There is an alternative technology of landing the call,
known as GSM termination. Basically, it is a transfer of the call from the Internet to the mobile
(GSM) network. It is done with GSM gateway device. GSM Gateway is a key that connects two
networks and transmits a signal from the Internet to the GSM network.

To be continued ...

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 Glossary
Voice traffic - its phone calls, calls to certain destinations on the number of operators of
communication networks.

Mobile operator - the company that uses radio frequencies for the provision of telecommunication
services. Operators can create their own cellular network, develop their conditions of service, a
collect payments for their services.

Tariff - a set of prices to use the various services of the mobile operator. Basically there are two
types of tariffs. The first one is local tariffs. They include prices for mobile communications within
a single state. The second type is international. International tariff plan is also a set of prices for
the use of mobile operator (calls, SMS, internet access) but beyond a single state. It is generally
higher than local tariff.

Transit operator (carrier) - a company that earns on providing mobile operators favorable
(cheaper) route for a call from one country to another. It doesnt have its own subscribers, towers
and SIM cards. The role of the transit operator in the telecommunications market is comparable
to the tour operator, where the role of tour operator performs a transit operator, and a call is a
client. As we know, the tour operator does not have its own hotels, airplanes and taxis. Its task
is to make secure and inexpensive route for the customer traveling on vacation.

Termination of voice traffic - direct broadcasting of signal from the telephone IP-based
networks (Internet), cellular (GSM) to end users.

GSM - (from the name of the group Groupe Spcial Mobile, later renamed the Global System for
Mobile Communications) - the global standard for digital mobile communications, with time division
multiplexing (TDMA) and frequency (FDMA). Developed by the European Telecommunications
Standards Institute (ETSI) in the late 1980s.

IP - (IP, lit.. Internet Protocol) - routable network layer protocol stack TCP / IP. It became the
IP protocol that combined individual computer networks to the global Internet. Protocol is an
integral part of addressing the network. IP network segments are united into a single network,
ensuring the delivery of data packets between any nodes in the network through an arbitrary
number of intermediate nodes (routers).

VoIP - (Eng. Voice over IP) voice over IP. IP-telephony means a set of communication protocols,
technologies and methods, providing traditional telephony dialing, redial and bilateral voice
communication and video communication over the Internet or any other IP-based networks.
The signal is transmitted over a communication channel in digital form and are usually converted
before transmission (compressed) to remove the excess information and reduce the load on the
data network.

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 WE HAVE PRODUCED A SERIES OF FREE EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS TO INCREASE AWARNESS ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS
INDUSTRY, GLOBAL MONOPOLIES AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY.

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Latvia, RIGA

2015