regulator prohibiting current practice of use of +49 numbers for voip, update
hi! we had that some time ago. now it's getting more concrete: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/51877 (german only again, sorry) 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. so - of course :) - i have to mention the 'proposal for non-regional upts available to the general public' again. everyone interested in possible solutions to many voip-specific problems with e.164 numbers should really read this (can be found in the archive of this mailinglist). kind regards, Chris Heinze
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.
Carsten Schiefner wrote:
thanks for this - I expect to have RegTP's press release available in English any time soon.
Here we go: http://www.regtp.de/en/aktuelles/pm/03095/ The link "Nummernverwaltung" links to a German page, though. I do not expect this one being translated, too - so if there is an overwhelming interest, I might take the effort... ;-) Regards, -C.
All, Carsten Schiefner wrote:
Chris Heinze wrote:
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.
the german regulator RegTP has decided today that this deadline will be extended from August 2005 by 1.5 years to February 2007. I'll post the link to the english press release as soon as it becomes available. Best, Carsten
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