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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 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released recommendations on what could change the future of Internet Telephony in India. According to the recommendations released, the regulator claims that the Indian Government should remove all restrictions that have been imposed over Internet Telephony in India.

While this may not seem like great news to many of you – it did get me quite excited. I have always maintained that setting up a Wi Fi Mesh is not too difficult if the topography is not too varied and the Line of Sight is clear because equipment (with powerful dual radios) today [...]

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 [...]

Geodesic Information Systems had said previously that it plans to extend its software voice over internet protocol (VOIP) suite with the launch of VoIP hardware phones in FY 2008-09. Well, that story has now been confirmed by ET.
 
Is VoIP in India Legal?
Making local calls using VoIP is illegal in India. Users in India can make VoIP-originated outbound [...]

Skype announced unlimited (it’s actually 5 hours a day) calling today to over a third of the world’s population with the launch of its new calling subscriptions. The new subscriptions signal the first time Skype has offered a single, monthly flat rate for international calling to landline numbers in 34 countries.
 
 
Stefan Oberg, VP & GM telecoms at [...]

Have a look at the statistic below – try and find where India figures on this list that ranks countries on the basis of Average Broadband Speed.

Surprised? A supposed hub of International technology development does not even figure on this list. Until August 2005, India did not even have a route server. It thus  took [...]

The Internet is growing at a rapid pace. Indian technology companies are on the verge of capturing the global internet devices market. Ichip Technologies, a Hyderabad based technology company, has developed an internet device ‘@box’ for entertainment, education and communication purposes by making an investment of Rs. 10 Crore which they plan to install in [...]

The internet is soon to take up the space of what television holds today for the common man in India. Very soon, ISP’s are going to start offering Wi-Fi services to residential homes. If these services are offered at cheaper prices to residential homes, it might even lead to the internet taking the space [...]

Skype, the premier Internet Messaging service founded in 2003, is about to launch its much awaited 3 Skypephone in the UK on the 2nd of November, 2007 in association with Britain’s mobile carrier ‘3 mobile’. The mobile phone will be launched soon in the UK, Austrailia, Italy, Hong Kong, Sweden, Denmark, Austria and the [...]

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 [...]

Well i think most people would know about Sabeer Bhatia’s Arzoo.com which has been relaunched as a travel portal. It has been in testing mode for sometime and infact i had also seen a few ads in the mumbai newspapers almost 2-3 months back. But an article suggests that Arzoo has been relaunched just yesterday. Well probably its true.. [...]