Many people keep asking me – what is VoIP Termination?

There is an “official” answer: VoIP Termination is the process of routing a VoIP telephone call (or calls flow) from one telephone service provider to another. What is that meant? Ok, lets imagine you have some phone lines (IP-phones or VoIP gateways with regular phones connected, IP-PBX) and you want to make International calls – in this case you need to have VoIP Termination provider, so your calls will be properly routed and terminated to right destination (operator, provider, GSM or landline phone network). If you call landline or cellular number your VoIP provider must have access to gateway/switch of the telephone operator/network (PSTN/mobile) that your destination number registered with.

There are toll-free termination providers who allow you to terminate toll-free calls from the US and Canada for free. If you have a large volume of calls to toll-free numbers, some providers even will pay you for your calls

By the way – good quality (and low cost) VoIP termination provider we recommend is DiamondCards (US).

Another question - What is VoIP Origination?

VoIP Origination is the process of giving carriers inbound call access. In some cases “originators” are generating calls flow – they could be a call center, Internet Cafe with call booths, office with IP-PBX installed and making day by day calls all around and etc.

Origination is the process of generating the calls flow and termination is the process of further handling and routing of these calls.

Hope it clear things a bit. Comments and questions are welcome! This article is for newbies – check other articles we have on our blog for you guys and thanks for reading!

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