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Get ready to dial a new set of numbers in near future. he earlier announced guidelines had specified that spectrum for broadband wireless can be used only for data services. However, the Telecom Commission, in its meeting on August 21 has taken a decision to remove the restriction.

The TRAI put forward a consultation paper yesterday, which sought the views of industry experts on issues like permitting the internet service providers (ISPs) to have interconnection with landline and mobile telephones to provide internet telephony within the country.
 
Currently, ISP’s are not allowed to link landline and mobile phones to the Internet thereby providing Internet Based Telephony [...]

Skype the VOIP player has demanded that India remove all rigid application-specific licensing requirements for internet service providers and replace them with a light-touch regulatory regime.
Right now, India does not allow internet telephony from PC to telephones within the country. The government has not issued fresh ISP licences since June 2006 as it feels that ISPs [...]

Economic Times: Government of India proposes to regulate the highly unorganized Internet telephony. internet telephony offered by companies like Yahoo, MSN, Skype, Mediaring, Packet8, Dialpad, Amazon, Impetus, Euro, Net2Phone Bandtel and Euro are likely to become costlier once the government finalises a proposal to bring internet companies under the ambit of the country’s Internet Service [...]