The Telecom regulatory authority of India (Trai) has recommended complete opening up of Internet telephony in India.Trai said the regulatory restrictions, which prevent ISPs from providing unrestricted Internet Telephony, even though they have IP based Infrastructure, need to be removed.
Fresh review needed
The rapid technological developments and better quality of voice communications are shaping the future of telecom. The enormous increase in data traffic in the international scenario, increasing acceptability of IP networks, adoptability of NGN by many countries and global liberal regulatory regime for Internet telephony require a fresh review of existing licensing conditions in India. The present licensing framework has envisaged different types of access service providers (UASL, BSOs, CMSPs), National Long Distance service providers (NLDs) International Long Distance service roviders (ILDs) and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). While access service providers are permitted to provide various services and applications to their subscribers under Universal Access Services License (UASL), the role of other licensees like NLD and ILD is limited to provide long distance services and Internet service providers are permitted to provide access to Internet.
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