Legal Question 1

[m4ilm4n]

Here's one that I've never been able to find an answer for -

Are there tariff or other legal restrictions to have a DID from one country assigned to a VPN phone in another country?

E.g. a DID from a trunk in NY, like 212-422-xxxx, being assigned to a VPN phone in Bangalore?

 

[pmcook]

If you can call the Bangalore number your're cool

 

[intrigrant]

Everything is possible and as long as the line is terminated at its legal location then there is no problem.
A lot of international CallCenters do that, a local (toll free or payed) number route to a country where operators are multilingual (sort of) and most important, cheap.

 

[mattKnight]

The reverse is a problem, particularly in India. You must route outbound calls from Bangalore through the Indian PSTN unless you have a costly permit to do otherwise.

You are well advised to take specific legal advice around Indian telecoms laws rather than rely on Internet forums... getting it wrong on this one is likely to be expensive

Take Care

Matt
I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone.
My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.

 

[amriddle01]

Interesting, so is Skype banned in India then?

 

[mattKnight]

>Interesting, so is Skype banned in India then

Fair point. I'd suggest that it may simply be impossible to enforce - whereas corporates are an easier target
All the research I have carried out and the approaches from the Indian government to audit our PABX programming lead me to believe that you need to be very careful about telecoms in India. Hence my strong suggestion to not ask this on a internet forum - where answers may range from correct to utter b*ll*cks but to engage a legal resource who understands the Indian telecoms regulations

Take Care

Matt
I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone.
My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.

 

[m4ilm4n]

Thanks everyone. Having dealt with Indian customs officials, I am quite reticent to implement anything without understanding the ramifications. Have a star, Matt.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm turning this over to our corporate legal team to figure out.

 

[sizbut]

The India authorities are certainly very hot on the subject of people trying to bypass the telephone network (they are ultimately doomed but for the moment they try to enforce the rules). The private/public trunk controls in the IP Office configuration to block routing external calls across an SCN and back out were all driven by Indian regulator requirements.

Stuck in a never ending cycle of file copying.

 

[Pepp77]

When we had to install a sstem in India for a customer who opened an office there we just stuck English SIP trunks on it and made them use English numbers

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