Configurations
of GSM/VoIP networks allow the service providers to avoid the local Wired
Public Switched Network (PSTN) in communication with a GMS mobile handset. As a
result, the high rates charged by telephone companies are avoided.
Main portion of the advantages of the Asterisk server appears from it being an open source downloadable product. Most of the users, especially business people, can find it difficult to understand the idea behind this principle, or free software, but a business models behind open source are different and specific, as in case with Asterisk server.