Well not only in 3rd world countries. In many countries it is illegal to
do so without a license. Israel is a good example. In my opinion, it is
mostly an issue of money and control, but goverments and incumbents will
say that they need to protect their investment in their network.
steve wrote:
I don't think there is a concise 'legalese' guide for VoIP in emerging
3rd world countries (nor 1st or 2nd world for that matter). I think
the guys were correct earlier for stating that the UAE considers it
illegal to bridge voip calls to their PSTN. But why is this so? The
only answer I can come up with is that the national phone system is
owned and operated by the goverment, and I think you will find that
this is the case with many of the middle eastern countries. Now the
last thing these entities want is some 'disruptive technology' such as
Asterisk, or VoIP sneaking in between the cracks of the system and
taking dirhams, rupees or camels from their royal coffers. (i.e. the
rich don't stay rich by giving it away ya know.) What it boils down
to is money and power having the ability to keeps information ( via
censorship) out of the hands of thier peasents, err... I mean citizens.
Regards,
Steve Cayona
Thank you Rusty and Dan for the clarification. I think it is usefull
for most people like myself to learn the basic regulations of
providing telephony services without becoming a lawyer.
Is there a such a source of information for those of us who are not
lawyers but need to learn enough to make intelligent decisions and to
have intelligent conversations with lawyers?
Regards,
Matt
On 3/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah, i meant the same just the way i put it..for clear
understanding...
Sorry for that confusion anyways.
Thanks
On 14/03/06, Rusty Dekema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think that there is any difference, hence he is saying that
> it's not legal to provide VoIP origination services there.
>
> -Rusty
>
>
>
> On 3/13/06, Matt Adami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am somewhat new to the whole telephony world. So excuse my
ignorance
> > in advance. But, would someone please explain what is the
difference
> > between "call origination/termination" and "Bridiging from
PSTN to
> > VoIP" as said below?
> >
> > > To my knowledge Bridging calls from PSTN to VOIP is not
legal..
> >
> > --
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