On 09/07/06 15:35 +0530, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote: <snip>
> VOIP market is already open and available to you to use. The reason why False. I still can't VoIP to my parents. <snip> > > You are already allowed to sell voip minutes and voip services in India. > There are many VOIP providers here and you can call US, Canada and some > European numbers through VOIP. What is not alllowed stilll is to connect > the VOIP connection through your EPBX board to another external phone > line. In fact, you are even allowed to connect a voip line to your > internetal intercom network in the office. But the same network can not > connect to a land line network in India. > Unless you are a telco. Hence, the VoIP market is not open. If you have seen the Skype call charges, they aren't dependent on distance at all. Only to where you call. > The reason for this restriction is that the landline and cell operators > in India have to pay a license fees, ADC and ESO fees which the VOIP > operators naturally do not have to pay. If you allow these VOIP players > to interconnect freely into the local landline and cell network, it > removes the playing field. That is not correct. Sucks. They could always refund/reduce the license and ADC costs. <snip> 10 years from 1996. The line is open from 2006 end. > directly to Reliance and Bharati. The matter is in court, but > unfortunately by the time the court decides the matter, the agreement > will not longer be valid. > The matter in court is wrt Reliance getting bandwidth *now*. VSNL is simply not granting them access till year end. > Reliance is smart. They got the fiber at throw-away prices. With that > pricing, they can wait for looooong time for the market and demand to > rise and then benefit from it. Too much under-sea fiber was laid down > due to easy funding during the internet boom and all on some really > stupid and exegarated expectation of growth in video and interactive tv > demand ACROSS CONTINENTS !!!. > > The voice monopoly is already gone. You can now buy international voice > lines (Called IPLC) from anyone who is ready to sell to you. That is how IPLC == International Private Leased Circuit. It has nothing to do with voice. > bharti was able to set up its own landing station on the east coast. > Reliance is also doing it, but is stuck on account of the old FLAG > Agreement. I hear they went ahead and built the new landing station > anyway assuring the court that they will pay the compensation if the > decision goes against them (not sure if that is true). But voice is more > profitable, they will not risk that with data. Globally, data is becoming more profitable than voice. Oh, and voice *is* data. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
