[Asterisk-biz] Israel to block International VoIP calls?

[C F]

On 12/16/05, Steve Kennedy <steve-asterisk at gbnet.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 10:27:22AM -0500, C F wrote:
>
> > The point, I was very surprised to see that Israel has such laws that
> > still gives Bezek the control to stay the monopoly. But they do, it is
> > illegal in Israel to open a VoIP company like what we can do here
> > (which is getting harder here as well because of the 911 requirments).
> >  Unless you have a license as a phone company.
>
> Why is that so odd? The UK only deregulated voice a couple of years ago
> as part of an EU directive. Previously any one offering voice services
> had to have a telco license, now anybody can be a telco (but they have
> obligations under the Communications Act, which many are not aware of or
> maybe ignore).
>
> It takes a while for countries to demonopolise state companies (I don't
> think the French gov has divested all of FT yet) ... Israel will get
> there.
>
> Also once you let phone calls out into the wild, you cant tap them and
> governments may have a vested interest to do so.
>
>
> Steve
>


Israel has already deregulated them, that's why it's so odd.