The rules work the other way for VoIP Charles, With a VAS license you could in fact do VoIP OUTBOUND but not inbound.
This boils down to you can originate VoIP calls from within your network but you have to have a PSTN gateway (company's like IBASIS for example). What your not allowed to do with only a VAS license is TERMINATE (accept calls from the PSTN). The NTC requires a termination fee for inbound calls (calls from outside the PH) and you need a National Telecommunications License (only granted by congress). VoIP is sold based on minutes.. and its a pretty crowded and tough market. If your lucky you can make like 44 centavos a minute.. So you really need a lot of minutes to turn that into the amount of money required to pay for your internet connections (upstreams), your network infrastructure and the people to support it. Dan On May 27, 2014, at 9:59 PM, charles charles wrote: > > Hello All, > Thanks for the replies. very helpful. @Mike no idea yet. seems that BGAN is > too costly and satellite internet is slow. any suggestions would be > appreciated :) > > curious that being a VAS provider includes PBX hosting but not voip, so its > okay to have a telephone system 'locally' but not allowed to call outside > the country? not sure if they can even monitor this but just wondering how > they are going to put limits on just being a 'vas provider'. > > Thanks sa advices. > Charles > > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 8:08 PM > From: "Mike Tinsay" <[email protected]> > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [plug] local municipal telco or internet provider > > I'm curious as to what you plan to use for your backhaul connection to the > Internet? > > As for a manner of distribution, maybe you can get NTC to license you the > wifi frequencies (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) for you to operate in. > > "Fernando D. Contreras Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > > You need is to register as VAS Provider with NTC. > > On 5/26/14, 10:57 PM, charles charles wrote: > Hello all, > nadaaanan ko lng while searching for applicable laws via google regarding > putting up an isp or local telco in a remote place na wlang service > > http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1990/ra_6849_1990.html > > i wanted to provide local & internet access to a place (south of mindanao) > me mga time kasi na 1 to 2 weeks wlang signal ang cellphone, pag meron naman > putol2x ang calls at d nasisend ang text.2 lng ang cell tower at halos d na > accessible. > > anyway my question is. ano po kaya applicable law na swak para sa plan ko? na > d ako uulanin ng demanda etc ng mga mlalaking carrier. if meron man. > > pagpasensyahan na po, wla lng ako idea on how to start. > tnx > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: > http://archives.free.net.ph > > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' > Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
