Voice on the Net Coalition Europe To Address Regulatory Issues In Europe
Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com
Voice on the Net Coalition Europe, which includes large suppliers like Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Skype, was launched on Friday to respond to regulatory proposals made by the European Commission a month ago.
One of these proposals would require that voice over Internet Protocol providers enable calls to emergency services. The U.K.’s telecommunications regulator, the Office of Communications, has since mandatedthat such access must be made available by September 2008.
In its statement, the coalition claimed that the "premature application" of emergency call rules to Web sites, click-to-dial services, one-way public switched telephone-network voice services, and other VoIP services that are not a replacement for traditional home or business phone services "could actually harm public safety, stifle innovations critical to people with disabilities, stall competition, and limit access to innovative and evolving communication options where there is no expectation of placing a 112 call."
Tags: e911, e999, VoIP, OFCOM, FCC, E112, VoIP IP Telephony
