30 Least Cost Routing

Use the Least Cost Routing tab on the ACS Resources screen to manage and maintain least cost routing configuration. Least cost routing enables calls to be routed differently by replacing prefixes to the destination address.

The tab updates the Simple LCR fields in the "Customer" profile. They are applied in control plans using any of the following feature nodes:

Using Least Cost Routing

Follow these steps to add or edit the least cost routing for the selected customer.

  1. Select the customer for whom least cost routing is to be added.

  2. Enter the prefixes that are to be used for least cost routing.

    • Old National: The 'National' prefix that is to be matched in the normalized number for least cost routing to be applied.

    • New National: The prefix that is to replace the "Old National prefix" in numbers that matched the old national prefix.

    • Old International: The 'International' prefix that is to be matched in the normalized number for least cost routing to be applied.

    • New International: The prefix that is to replace the "Old International prefix" in numbers that matched the old international prefix.

  3. Click Save to commit the changes to the database.

    Note: This least cost routing will be applied to all calls for the selected customer.