TeleGeography is our benchmark research service for the international long-distance industry. Our annual TeleGeography study has been published continuously since 1989, and is the most comprehensive source of data on the international long-distance market.


What does TeleGeography cover?

International telecommunications traffic

  • International voice traffic by route for 88 countries and over 1,500 routes
  • Global traffic and revenue projections to 2011
  • TDM and VoIP traffic growth trends
  • Largest and fastest-growing destinations for TDM and VoIP traffic
  • Ranking of the 40 largest TDM and VoIP destinations
  • Rankings of the 30 fastest growing countries by inbound and outbound voice traffic

International Call Volumes and Growth Rates, 1988-2009



International carriers

  • Comparison of top international carriers
  • 40 top carriers by home-country traffic
  • Market shares of competing international carriers in 22 countries

International Voice over IP

  • Voice-over-IP (VoIP) traffic volume by route and region
  • Analysis of Skype‘s impact on the international long-distance market
  • Analysis of consumer voice over broadband impact on international calling

Impact of mobile telephony on international calling

  • Volume of mobile originated traffic by region
  • Volume of mobile terminated traffic by country and region
  • Trends in mobile interconnection rates
  • Cost of international mobile termination to over 70 countries

Prices, costs and revenues

  • Analysis of price, cost, and revenue trends
  • Retail versus wholesale pricing analysis
  • Local, regional, and national interconnection rates for 48 countries, 2004-2008
  • Retail fixed-line international rates to fixed-line and mobile phones on more than 1300 international routes, from 2006-2008
  • Retail mobile originated international call rates to fixed and mobile phones on more than 400 international routes, 2008
  • Analysis of retail pricing changes, 2008-2009
  • International roaming rates for 19 service providers in 47 countries

Traffic and Wholesale Revenues by Destination Region, 2008



International Wholesale

  • Wholesale traffic volumes and revenues by region
  • International wholesale rates to fixed and mobile lines in 40 countries, 2004-2009
  • Top fifty international wholesale destinations

National telecommunications statistics

  • GDP, population, fixed-line and mobile subscribers, and incoming and outgoing international traffic data for 75 countries
  • Maps and directories of international dialing codes

International Networks Data

The TeleGeography study includes exclusive data excerpted from our Global Internet Geography and Global Bandwidth Research Services.

How is the service delivered?

  • TeleGeography is delivered as an online subscription, and is completely updated each fall
  • The analytical sections are organized into online chapters by subject
  • Chapters and country profile can be downloaded as PDF files
  • Data tables can be downloaded as Excel spreadsheet files for further analysis

TeleGeography‘s International Traffic Database:
Search, Sort and Export 13 Years of Data

Upgrade your subscription to TeleGeography by adding access to TeleGeography‘s “International Traffic Database.” The Traffic Database contains 13 years of searchable TDM traffic data which can be used to answer custom queries, to find out both where traffic is coming from and where it‘s going.

Find out more about the Traffic Database here.




Download the executive summary, a country profile, table of contents and list of figures in a single file here.

Single-User subscription (includes 1 analyst hour)

$5,495

Enterprise subscription (includes 3 analyst hours)

$15,995


Single-User subscription + database (includes 2 analyst hours)

$9,995

Enterprise subscription + database (includes 4 analyst hours)

$20,995


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