India on Voip

Soon Std calls would cost not more than 15paisa. If TRAI(Telecom Regulatory Authority) pass the Guidelines for just out consultation paper for full fledge voip in domestic calls from Indian phones to Indian phones. Currently voip in India allows only International and voip to voip calls.

Currently only Mtnl is the only major players offering voip service. All other Pvt operators have been given license since 2006 however none has launched it as it may hurt there other call business along with the limitation in domestic calls make it financially not viable. If this major step is taken then domestic call rates will fall further along with cheaper availability of voip hardware.

All Indian Voip Providers will soon have to implement monitoring system for calls routed through them called LI. LI is the interception of telecommunications by law enforcement agencies and intelligence services keeping in view the national security.

A technology called Lawful Interception (LI) , which would allow security agencies to keep a tab on the international voice calls made for subversive activities over the Internet. LI is the interception of telecommunications by law enforcement agencies and intelligence services keeping in view the national security. Globally majority of countries have LI requirements and have adopted global LI requirements and standards developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) organization. In the USA, the Communications Assistance governs the requirements for Law Enforcement Act. Read the rest of this entry »

India based Voip provider worldphone.in has started offering unlimited voip plans from this Diwali Festival. The service offered is a legal one with under regulation of DOT(department of Telecommunication) so there is an additional 12.5% service tax payable. Company has a range of unlimited and limited plans with incoming number of certain countries included. The Device or phone adapter itself cost 3000Rs which is on bit higher side compared to Mtnl which is offering it for Rs1500(Lifetime rental)

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From past six month there has been a rather steep cut in voip rates to India. Call rates that hovered around 8-15cents/minute are now revolving around 4-10cents per minute thanks to increased voip competition among companies and also to drop in termination charges for international calls by Indian regulator called TRAI. Some of these operators with super Indian call rates are Read the rest of this entry »