South African Telco Declares Voice Over IP Illegal
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 26 March 2004 at 12:30 pm | Tagged as: Distribution, Regulation, VoIP
South African telecommunications provider Telekom has threatened to lodge a formal complain with the country’s regulator over programs such as Skype, which it claims are used as “network bypass software”.
Telkom have stated that VoiP does not have any impact on its revenues, but will file a complaint with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa if necessary.