A GSM Gateway is basically a mobile phone appliance that can be attached to a PABX phone system enabling calls to be made from your Phone System using a mobile network. You can save yourself a lot of money just by placing an Unlimited or Capped Call Plan SIM card into the GSM gateway and programming the PABX to send outbound calls through the Gateway. Anyone who gets their landline phone bill will see that any calls made to a mobile number are the most expensive. Mobile numbers have high call rates and it is easy to run up a big telephone bill if you make them regularly. When you want to make a call to a mobile phone it is often the mobile carriers that offer the better deals, not the fixed wire carriers.

GSM Gateway can reduce your phone bill.

Metro Hotel A has a total of 50 rooms to let, at present they have a company plan on their landlines with one of the country's leading Telco's. Facilitating 6 dedicated voice lines, they spend on average $1000 each month from phoning landlines and mobiles within Australia. Then they add a 4 port GSM gateway and 4 Telaustralia Unlimited Call Plan SIM Cards for $119 per month each. Using these plans means that any call made to a landline or a mobile phone within Australia has unlimited talking time and there are no restrictions on when the calls can be made. The bill is $476 per month saving the hotel $6000 yearly, approximately 50%. As they now have 4 GSM Gateway lines committed to outbound calls, the total quantity of landlines has been cut down to 3 which saves them a further $100 each month on line rental costs.

What is needed to use a GSM Gateway?

In order to use a GMS Gateway you will need to have a programmable PABX phone system with a minimum of one free analogue port. Also required is an active SIM card on the mobile phone plan you want. Your PABX Maintainer can fit the Gateway for you and program your PABX system so that you can elect the phone lines to route through the GSM Gateway.

Is it a cheaper method to use than VoIP?

Generally, facilitating the use of a Fixed Cellular device for PABX Phone Systems works out less expensive than VoIP. This is not the case however if you are making lots of International calls. The true benefits of using a GSM gateway is how easy and straightforward it is to use. After it has been installed and programmed there are no further ongoing support charges to pay and no problems over the quality of the calls or any technical support needed. Adding a GSM gateway is equivalent to connecting your mobile phone and leaving it to one side to use at any time.

On average prices for a unit start from $500 Aus installed for a single SIM device and in the region of $1800 for a 4 Channel device. Units are offered in increments of 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 up to 32 Channel (32 SIM cards) that can be attached to Primary Rate ISDN 10/20/30 PABX Systems.