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Overview

Least-cost routing is the process of selecting a telecoms carrier on a trunk provided by another telecoms carrier. It is usually a four-digit code dialled before a number that instructs the telephone exchange to pass the call to another carrier, rather than carry it itself.

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A list of such access codes, along with the tariff table you wish to use to cost calls routed by this particular code, is contained in the LCR.CFG file within the main installation folder 

Keywordmacro
Label{app}\tim\config

In the example configuration presented below, for instance, This configuration would route a dialled number such as 

Referencemacro
Label166001615905900
would be routed to 
Referencemacro
Label01615905900
(Manchester) via the MCIWorldcom network.

Code Block
themeEclipse
[All LCR Views]

1660 = MCIWorldcom
1452 = Eurobell
132 = Energis

 

Info

If you need to modify any of the back-end files, we strongly recommend to first check with our Technical Support team.

Adding an LCR code

To add an LCR code, access the

Referencemacro
LabelSetup
screen from the top-left menu and click on the
Buttonmacro
LabelLCR
button.

Screenshotmacro

Enter the code in the

Referencemacro
LabelPrefix
field, select the associated tariff from the drop-down list and click on the
Buttonmacro
LabelAdd new
button. To apply