Abstract: A method of and system for routing switched termination telephone calls in accordance with international routing requirements and with consideration of available network capacity. A call is received at a switch of an international carrier. The switch sends a query identifying the first country as the country of origin for the call and the second country as the country of termination for the call to a service control point of the international carrier. The service control point determines from the query that the call is an international call and sends a request for a routing translation to a regulatory routing platform of the international carrier. The regulatory routing platform determines an optimal route for the call in accordance with international regulatory routing requirements.

Abstract: A communication network call traffic management system includes a plurality of special resource devices, at least one telephone switch connected to a telecommunications network, a switch control interface, a plurality of application platforms, a control network, and a call traffic manager. The telephone switch has a plurality of telephone switch ports with each switch port being associated with a special resource device. Each special resource device detects user-selectable information contained in a telephone call. The call traffic manager uses initial call information to allocate a special resource device, control the switch to direct the telephone call to a switch port that is associated with the allocated special resource device, and allocate a first application platform for interacting with the telephone call.