An inter-working network facilitating PTT communications among roaming
subscribers spanning a plurality of disparate dispatch networks includes
a signaling controller, a media gateway, a system for facilitating the
monetization of inter-carrier dispatch communications and a group
management server. The signaling controller and media gateway generate
dispatch call records for dispatch sessions facilitated through the
inter-working network. The system includes a billing accumulator and a
settlement entity. The billing accumulator is interfaced with the
inter-working network and includes logic to receive and store the
dispatch call data records from the inter-working architecture. The
settlement entity is interfaced with the billing accumulator, and
includes settlement logic for converting each stored dispatch call data
record to a billing record for each of at least two of the dispatch
networks. The group management server is interfaced with group management
servers in each of the dispatch networks.