voip draft rules unconsitutional - pldt
ntc's draft rules on the voice over internet protocol [voip] mey be "unconsitutional", according to the country's frontline in technology, pldt.
internet voice, also known as voice over internet protocol (voip), is a technology that allows us to make telephone calls using a broadband internet connection instead of a regular (or analog) phone line. some services using voip may only allow you to call other people using the same service, but others may allow you to call anyone who has a telephone number - including local, long distance, mobile, and international numbers. also, while some services only work over your computer or a special voip phone, other services allow you to use a traditional phone through an adaptor.
it's inexpensive compared with the traditional fixed-line call or mobile to mobile calls. the technology is not new, voip started in 1995 in israel. but due to some petitions of pldt and globe to ntc to differ the offering of the voip, arguing that it is a new different technology.
ntc last month, issued a draft rules defining voip as a valued-added service (vas), which would effectively allow even entities without congressional franchises to offer the service. the classification has put local internet service providers and traditional telecommunications companies at loggerheads. [quoted from inq7.net]
for this, pldt sought action, citing some constitutional issues. section 11, article 12 of the constitution, which states: "no franchise, certificate, or any other form of authorization for the operation of a public utility shall be granted except to citizens of the philippines or to corporations or associations organized under the laws of the philippines at least sixty per centum of whose capital is owned by such citizens..."
why pldt has to blocked this voip? it's very simple, and they already acknowledge it last march 02, 2005 article in inq7.net, voip will be the biggest threat in their business this year. eventhough , they engage in some of their business under them, offering voip like the digital paradise which operates the netopia net cafe, it will not create much revenue for the fact that voip is inexpensive.
ntc scheduled a public hearing on voip draft rules in may 3, 2005. i hope their will be no questions now after this public hearing and let voip be offer to the public. after all, it's the public will benefit this technology.
internet voice, also known as voice over internet protocol (voip), is a technology that allows us to make telephone calls using a broadband internet connection instead of a regular (or analog) phone line. some services using voip may only allow you to call other people using the same service, but others may allow you to call anyone who has a telephone number - including local, long distance, mobile, and international numbers. also, while some services only work over your computer or a special voip phone, other services allow you to use a traditional phone through an adaptor.
it's inexpensive compared with the traditional fixed-line call or mobile to mobile calls. the technology is not new, voip started in 1995 in israel. but due to some petitions of pldt and globe to ntc to differ the offering of the voip, arguing that it is a new different technology.
ntc last month, issued a draft rules defining voip as a valued-added service (vas), which would effectively allow even entities without congressional franchises to offer the service. the classification has put local internet service providers and traditional telecommunications companies at loggerheads. [quoted from inq7.net]
for this, pldt sought action, citing some constitutional issues. section 11, article 12 of the constitution, which states: "no franchise, certificate, or any other form of authorization for the operation of a public utility shall be granted except to citizens of the philippines or to corporations or associations organized under the laws of the philippines at least sixty per centum of whose capital is owned by such citizens..."
why pldt has to blocked this voip? it's very simple, and they already acknowledge it last march 02, 2005 article in inq7.net, voip will be the biggest threat in their business this year. eventhough , they engage in some of their business under them, offering voip like the digital paradise which operates the netopia net cafe, it will not create much revenue for the fact that voip is inexpensive.
ntc scheduled a public hearing on voip draft rules in may 3, 2005. i hope their will be no questions now after this public hearing and let voip be offer to the public. after all, it's the public will benefit this technology.
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