Thank you Raj,<br>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).<br>Thanks once more for your help!<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/12/19 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raju@linux-delhi.org">raju@linux-delhi.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Tuesday 20 Dec 2011, khalid touati wrote:<br>
> Thank you Raj,<br>
> so with VOIP license calls can go beyond our pbx to PSTN (india),<br>
> right, if so this what i needed to know to call Indian cellphone<br>
> from US (or other countries)<br>
<br>
</div>If your objective is to originate calls in the US (using whatever<br>
technology), route them over SIP and then terminate them to the PSTN in<br>
India, then yes: your Indian presence would need a VoIP licence.<br>
Similarly for the reverse: originate a call from Indian PSTN to your<br>
local office here and route it using VoIP to any destination (whether<br>
within India or abroad). A licence is required in that case too.<br>
<br>
In general, interconnection of two different entities by bridging Indian<br>
PSTN with any other technology requires a licence. If you're only doing<br>
VoIP-VoIP, or PSTN-PSTN, or bridging an Indian VoIP call to PSTN outside<br>
India then it's permitted in principle. This is why, e.g., Skype is<br>
permitted: it doesn't connect to the Indian PSTN at any stage.<br>
<br>
Once again, IANAL and TINLA. This is purely from my (mostly informed)<br>
understanding of the current laws.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
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