(a) the details of the guidelines issued by the Government
to the Internet Service Providers offering internet
telephony ;
(b) whether the Government have taken any steps to improve
the quality of voice on internet telephony system; and
(c) if so, the details thereof ?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI TAPAN SIKADAR)
(a) Broad Guidelines for issue of permission to offer
Internet Telephony Services is at Annexure.
(b) & (c): Quality of Service (QOS) shall be prescribed
from time to time by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(TRAI)/Licensor; however, at present QOS is not prescribed.
ANNEXURE
BROAD GUIDELINES FOR ISSUE OF PERMISSION TO OFFER INTERNET TELEPHONY SERVICES
1. Internet Service Provider(ISP) licensees are permitted
within their service area, to offer Internet Telephony
Service.
2. The customers of ISPs can avail the service through
their Personal Computers (PC) or other Internet Protocol
(IP) based Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) as mentioned
below:-
a) PC to PC (Both within as well as outside India). b) PC to Telephone (PC in India to Telephone outside India). c) IP based H.323/Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) Terminals in India to similar Terminals both in India and abroad, employing IP addressing scheme of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).