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BSNL Says Skype And Google Hangout Are Illegal In India

Government to re-examine legalities of VOIP services provided by Skype and Google.

 

Yes, you read it right.  BSNL (AP) Chief General Manager Mr. V Srinivasan said these services are illegal in India, while launching video calling services for south and eastern zones of BSNL. Also present on the occasion, Mr. Killi Kruparani, Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology added that the Union Government will be re-examining the legalities of the services offered by Skype, Google and other such companies providing VOIP services.

Reports suggest that the move has come in a stir to bring Net Telephony under a combined licence system as Indian Telecom operators and ISPs pay taxes to the Government while companies like Skype are offering services with no payment to the Government. 


TAGS: BSNL, Swagatam

Reader Comments (3)

Raj Narayan's picture

It is high time the BSNL CGM is declared illegal by the company. The reasons aren't too difficult to fathom. They've built up inventory for VoIP and dunno how to tackle Hangouts and Skype. Isn't it first about serving the customer first before starting to throw the rulebooks?

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