Hi Chris, Chris Heinze wrote:
we had that some time ago. now it's getting more concrete: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/51877 (german only again, sorry)
thanks for this - I expect to have RegTP's press release available in English any time soon.
short summary: regtp (the german regulator) now prohibits (voip) providers in general to give phonenumbers to users that do not live in the area of the respective prefix or have their company located there. this is effective from october 15th.
btw: the non-regional prefix under +49 is still not in sight.
Well, the presse release also says that any numbers issued until the 15th will be safe as in: they can be used until August 05 and will not be revoked. In August 05, however, the introduction of 032 as the range for (also) VoIP purposes has - with some greater certainty - already been seen then. Last, but not least: this targets all sorts of providers dealing with E.164 numbers, not only SIP gateway providers for example. Cheers, -C.