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Software Info-Tech - ISPs Global IT majors push for unrestricted Net telephony Our Bureau
New Delhi, July 19 Global IT and telecom majors including Google, Microsoft, BT and AT&T are pushing for unrestricted Internet telephony in India. They have written to the telecom regulator to allow consumers to make cheaper telephone calls within the country using the Internet infrastructure. Currently, the Internet service providers are allowed to offer only PC-to-PC calls within the country. Though unified access providers have been permitted to offer unrestricted Internet telephony, not a single operator has so far launched the service. Microsoft opinion“Almost two and half years have passed since January 1, 2006 and yet not a single access provider has begun offering Internet telephony with interconnection to PSTN within India despite numerous reports about its huge demand. Obviously, this is a classic scenario of market failure and a fitting case for the regulator to intervene by catalysing and sustaining effective competition,” Microsoft said in its communication to TRAI. Google viewSupporting the move to open up Internet telephony to Internet operators, Google said “TRAI notes that such a shift would drive usage of Internet telephony itself, would lower national long distance costs, and – importantly – would increase the perceived utility and use of broadband Internet services. “It is also important to note that the collective effect of these changes will be significant; indeed, they will yield a society that is more interconnected, productive, and innovative – which is of course a desirable outcome for all.” At&T responseThe US telecom major AT&T said that a restricted regime was proving to be an impediment to business. “AT&T hears frequently from its multinational business customers that they find the barriers to use of Internet telephony in India very unusual and complex, and an impediment to conducting business,” AT&T said in response to TRAI’s consultation paper. Tips to better video communication InfoJack – the latest malware to hit handsets with Net connectivity More Stories on : Software | ISPs | Telecommunications
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