[asterisk-users] India Telecom regulations

[khalid touati]

Thank you Raj,
I hope it will soon require no license as I heard there is a project to
change this law, for now I believe I will recommend our office in India to
go for license (to bridge to PSTN).
Thanks once more for your help!

2011/12/19 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <raju at linux-delhi.org>

> 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
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Khalid Touati
Network Administrator at Endosoft, LLC
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