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You may soon be able to make calls to any mobile or landline number using your home, office or public Wi-Fi — even if you do not have any signal on your smartphone — with telecom regulator Trai giving its nod to internet telephony.
The move — being opposed by older telecom companies — will be particularly beneficial for making voice calls even when there are no mobile signals in some area or when the conventional network is patchy (which often leads to poor and disturbed call quality.)
The move had been opposed by the older telecom players and their body COAI when it was discussed by the regulator as they feared that it would impact voice revenues. The companies said internet telephony, if provided over public network, will "entail huge losses to operators who are providing conventional voice services as there will be a shift of voice traffic... to public internet.
Trai disagrees. "The consumer will have more choice in making calls, and seamless voice connectivity can be accessed by riding over any Wi-Fi network even when mobile signal is not adequate, or is missing," Arvind Kumar, advisor at Trai, said.
To make calls through internet telephony, companies will need to provide an option — like an app — which would allow subscribers to use Wi-Fi before making calls to any of their contacts.
For example, an Airtel customer may decide to use Wi-Fi of MTNL or BSNL when he wants to make a call. Presently, there is no provision for this. But through an internet telephony player, he will now be provided such a facility through an app which he may download on his smartphone and use whenever required. The number of the caller will be same as his original number.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...r-internet-telephony/articleshow/61211725.cms
The move — being opposed by older telecom companies — will be particularly beneficial for making voice calls even when there are no mobile signals in some area or when the conventional network is patchy (which often leads to poor and disturbed call quality.)
The move had been opposed by the older telecom players and their body COAI when it was discussed by the regulator as they feared that it would impact voice revenues. The companies said internet telephony, if provided over public network, will "entail huge losses to operators who are providing conventional voice services as there will be a shift of voice traffic... to public internet.
Trai disagrees. "The consumer will have more choice in making calls, and seamless voice connectivity can be accessed by riding over any Wi-Fi network even when mobile signal is not adequate, or is missing," Arvind Kumar, advisor at Trai, said.
To make calls through internet telephony, companies will need to provide an option — like an app — which would allow subscribers to use Wi-Fi before making calls to any of their contacts.
For example, an Airtel customer may decide to use Wi-Fi of MTNL or BSNL when he wants to make a call. Presently, there is no provision for this. But through an internet telephony player, he will now be provided such a facility through an app which he may download on his smartphone and use whenever required. The number of the caller will be same as his original number.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...r-internet-telephony/articleshow/61211725.cms
