[Asterisk-Users] Voip in the EU

[Iain Stevenson]

Well, since they restricted attendance to "service providers and 
representatives of consumer organisations" I wouldn't be too optimistic for 
a balanced outcome ;-)

  Iain


--On Monday, February 16, 2004 4:51 pm +0000 WipeOut 
<wipe_out at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Steve Kennedy wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 02:47:11AM -0500, Ryan Finnesey wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Does anyone know where I can find some more info on the VoIP laws in
>>> the EU?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> VoIP in the EU hasn't been completely sorted centrally (i.e. by the EU
>> parliament), last time they looked at it a few years ago it wasn't
>> perceived to be entranched enough to worry about, I suspect this will
>> change soon.
>>
>> In the UK Oftel put out a guide, which says if you're running VoIP
>> services (i.e. back-end services, so maybe a SIP proxy/registration
>> server or interconnection with the PSTN) you are a Communications
>> Service Provider and covered by the same regulations as a traditional
>> voice provider.
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
> I am going to an Oftel meeting to discuss VoB regulation next week..
> Hopefully this will help to see where it is heading..
>
> Later..
>
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