December 15th, 2011 by 
David Goldstein
Voice-over-internet companies complaining that mobile and landline internet providers penalise the smooth functioning of their services got backing from EU ministers on Tuesday, who called for the European Commission and regulators to check on telecom operators that do so.
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Posted in VoIP |
June 22nd, 2011 by David Goldstein
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has launched an ad campaign to inform consumers of the potential pitfalls of residential VoIP services. … more
Posted in VoIP |
June 17th, 2011 by David Goldstein
The market for making phone calls over the Internet is set to more than double to $40 billion within five years, researchers said. … more
June 2nd, 2011 by David Goldstein
A new deadline has been set for the final regulatory hurdle Telstra must clear to structurally separate its retail and wholesale arms in the lead up to the National Broadband Network. … more
Posted in Convergence, IPTV, VoIP |
January 29th, 2011 by David Goldstein
[news release] The Australian Communications and Media Authority has changed the geographic numbering rules to improve flexibility in the Numbering Plan to recognise the realities of newer services, such as voice over internet protocol (VOIP) services. … more
June 15th, 2010 by David Goldstein
The web-based phone service Skype says Australia needs to reconsider its approach to allocating phone numbers to allow for numbers not linked to an address. … more
Posted in ENUM, Governance, Telecom, VoIP |
May 5th, 2010 by David Goldstein
Skype this week will start offering plans to let users call international wireline and wireless phones at significantly lower rates than its current pay-as-you-go services. … more
April 7th, 2010 by David Goldstein
Outbound-only Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscribers will soon be able to sign-up for a chosen geographic number, under legislation amendments proposed in a discussion paper released by the Australian Media and Communications Authority (ACMA). … more
Posted in VoIP |
April 4th, 2010 by David Goldstein
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is proposing to change numbering rules to improve flexibility in the Numbering Plan to recognise some of the realities of newer services, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) services. … more
Posted in VoIP |
February 18th, 2010 by David Goldstein
Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecommunication carriers have shrugged off any notion that free Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services such as Skype are threatening their businesses. … more
