ITU 1999 Telecommunications Regulatory Survey (Extract: Internet Telephony and Call-Back Services) (Page 8 of 9)

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Internet Telephony and Call Back Services

Country

Year Internet services

Are any internet services

Are Callback services

first made available

prohibited?

Sudan

Yes - prohibited by law:

Suriname

1995

Yes - prohibited by law: Not yet

specifically prohibited by law

Switzerland

Syria

1998

...

Yes - prohibited by law:

TFYR Macedonia

1995

Yes

Yes - prohibited by law:

Telecommunication Law

All voice telephone services

(except for the incumbent

operator).

Thailand

1992

Yes

Yes - prohibited by law:

Telecom Act 1976

IP telephony and IP fax

Turkey

1992

Yes

Yes - prohibited by law: The

Telegraph and Telephone

Law N°406.

Voice over the Internet

Uganda

Yes

Yes - prohibited by law: Five

year exclusivity in provision of

basic voice telephony has

been given to the two major

licensees.

IP telephony

United Arab

Emirates

1995

...

Yes - prohibited by law:

United Kingdom

1992

Venezuela

1994

Yes

Yes - prohibited by law: Ley de

telecomuniciones (Artículo 1).

IP telephony

Viet Nam

1997

Yes

Yes - prohibited by law: Sector

Minister's directives

IP Fax, IP telephony

Yemen

1996

Yes

Yes - prohibited by law:

IP fax and telephony

Source: ITU World Telecommunication Regulatory Database

Note: This information should not be considered complete or authoritative. It is presented for convenience of reference only.

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