Vonage (Nexmo) - In-App to Phone call bills both inbound and outbound duration for a single call

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I integrated Vonage (Nexmo) Android client SDK and I followed the integration document given here: https://developer.vonage.com/en/tutorials/app-to-phone/place-call/java

I followed each step and the calls are connected as expected. But I'm billed for both inbound and outbound duration combined for a single outbound call made from my app to phone

Even if the recipient didn't attend my call, I'm billed for waiting duration which is mentioned as inbound duration.

Here I explain the steps I followed:

  1. I create a user with Vonage when a new user registers in my app.
  2. I initialize the SDK and Login the user with JWT token from back-end
  3. I place a call using client.serverCall method as suggested in above link
  4. Vonage then calls my answer_url webhook and gets an NCCO request and then starts dialing the recipient
  5. Calls are connected without any issue.

My NCCO Request

[{ 
   "action": "connect",
   "from": "12674600003",
   "endpoint": [ 
     { "type": "phone", 
    "number": req.query.to // (recipient number)
     } 
   ]
}]

From this I can understand that when I initiate the call, it's being connected to Vonage server and Vonage server makes the call. So it charges for both inbound (app -> Vonage Server) and outbound (Vonage Server -> Recipient). So I'm billed double.

My question is, Is this how this service works or all other service providers like Twilio charges? Or Did I implemented in wrong way?

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