EU seeks harmony in VoIP Regulations
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The European Union’s 27 national telecom regulators want harmonised rules governing voice conversations over the Internet in the 27-nation bloc, the chair of the regulators’ group said on Tuesday.
"Voice over IP has been identified as a key area for harmonization," Roberto Viola, chair of the European Regulators’ Group said at a briefing on Tuesday over the group’s general assembly earlier this month.
Companies like Ebay Inc’s Skype compete with traditional phone operators by offering voice over Internet conversations. VoIP call providers say they are Internet services, not telecom operators, thus not obliged to offer services like emergency calls.
