On Tuesday 20 Dec 2011, khalid touati wrote: > Thank you Raj, > so with VOIP license calls can go beyond our pbx to PSTN (india), > right, if so this what i needed to know to call Indian cellphone > from US (or other countries)
If your objective is to originate calls in the US (using whatever technology), route them over SIP and then terminate them to the PSTN in India, then yes: your Indian presence would need a VoIP licence. Similarly for the reverse: originate a call from Indian PSTN to your local office here and route it using VoIP to any destination (whether within India or abroad). A licence is required in that case too. In general, interconnection of two different entities by bridging Indian PSTN with any other technology requires a licence. If you're only doing VoIP-VoIP, or PSTN-PSTN, or bridging an Indian VoIP call to PSTN outside India then it's permitted in principle. This is why, e.g., Skype is permitted: it doesn't connect to the Indian PSTN at any stage. Once again, IANAL and TINLA. This is purely from my (mostly informed) understanding of the current laws. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || r...@kandalaya.org || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
