International U.S.-billed telephone traffic increased by 18 percent...
International U.S.-billed telephone traffic increased by 18 percent between 2010 and 2011, the FCC said Friday. That type of traffic, primarily originating in the U.S., increased to 73.7 billion minutes in 2011, from 62.4 billion minutes in 2010, the agency…
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said. While total minutes increased, U.S.-billed revenue for international telephone, private line and other services decreased by a collective 2 percent to $4.5 billion, the FCC said. The average per-minute cost for U.S. consumers’ international calls fell 18 percent, from $0.06 per minute in 2010 to $0.05 per minute in 2011, the agency said. India had the largest increase in U.S.-billed minutes -- its minutes increased by 45 percent between 2010 and 2011 to 23.1 billion minutes, the FCC said (http://fcc.us/13AfQlp).