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Australia To Get VoIP Regulation |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Wednesday, 12 October 2005 |
The federal Government plans to create a regulatory framework for VoIP calls according to Senator Coonan.
According to a story in The Australian, Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan said: "An announcement on the Government's response to the ACMA report on VoIP is imminent."
Last year, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) co-operated with a number of VoIP providers to develop a discussion paper on IP telephony, though no outcomes has appeared to date.
The industry is eagerly awaiting a response from the Government so that it knos where it satands. According to the story Ilkka Tales, chief executive of Engin, said he was looking forward to seeing the minister's response.
"We were expecting it some months ago and certainly looking forward to seeing it so we have some certainty with regard to what the regulatory playing field is," he said. Engin is hoping for a "light-touch" approach to the emerging industry.
Organisations such as AVoIPA and ACIF have attempted to establish industry self-regulation in the regulatory vacuum caused by the delayed response.
AVoIPA executive director Matt Everitt told The Australian of concerns the industry would become awash with technical standards that might "bemuse and confuse" and act as a barrier to take up of services.
"If we work together to standardise on certain protocols or security issues, then we can to go to market and make it simpler for the consumer and the business to adopt VoIP services and products," he said.
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