TeleGeography Report & Database
The TeleGeography Report is our benchmark research service for the international long-distance industry. Our annual study of the international long-distance market has been published continuously since 1989, and is the most comprehensive source of data on the international long-distance market available anywhere.
Content Highlights
- International voice traffic data for 77 countries and over 1,000 routes
- Analysis of retail and wholesale international voice traffic, price, and revenue trends
- International traffic and revenue projections to 2017
- Examination of the effect of Skype and consumer VoIP services on international calling
- Downloadable Excel workbooks of fixed and mobile interconnection costs, wholesale rates, and retail fixed and mobile international rates
International Call Volumes and Growth Rates

International Telephone Traffic
- International voice traffic by route for 77 countries and over 1,000 routes
- Global TDM and VoIP traffic and revenue trends, with projections to 2017
- Rankings of largest destinations for TDM and VoIP traffic
- Rankings of the 30 fastest growing countries by inbound and outbound voice traffic
- Analysis of factors shaping international call volumes
- Comparison of top international carrier traffic volumes
Prices, Costs, and Revenues
- Analysis of trends in retail and wholesale prices and revenues
- Local, regional, and national interconnection rates for 50 countries, 2008-2012
- Retail pricing metrics detailing international call ratios to and from fixed and mobile phones in dozens of countries and thousands of route pairs
- International roaming rates for 27 service providers in 48 countries
Global Traffic Rate of Price Decline versus Volume Growth

International Wholesale Services
- Analysis of international wholesale market trends—traffic, prices, and operator revenues
- International wholesale rates to fixed and mobile lines in 40 countries, 2008-2012
- Ranking of top 50 international wholesale destinations
International Voice over IP
- Voice-over-IP (VoIP) traffic volume and growth by country and region
- Analysis of the impact of Skype and consumer VoIP services on international calling
Where Did the Growth Go?: The Skype Effect

Impact of Mobile Telephony on International Calling
- Volume of mobile originated traffic by region
- Volume of mobile terminated traffic by country and region
- Mobile termination rates to more than 30 countries
- Cost of wholesale mobile termination to over 60 countries
National Telecommunications Statistics
- TDM and VoIP originated and terminated traffic by country for 155 countries
- Fixed and mobile originated and terminated traffic by country for 155 countries
- GDP, population, fixed-line and mobile subscribers, and incoming and outgoing international traffic data for 70 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.
TeleGeography‘s International Traffic Database
Search, Sort and Export 16 Years of Data
Upgrade your subscription by adding TeleGeography‘s “International Traffic Database.” The Traffic Database extends the functionality of the TeleGeography Report by allowing users to structure custom queries of inbound and outbound traffic by country, by route, and over time.
The Traffic Database contains:
- Originating and terminating TDM and VoIP traffic by country, 1996-2011
- Originating and terminating TDM traffic by route, 1996-2011
Traffic Database Country Search Interface



