VoIP Requires Light Regulatory Approach – ICC

Article type: Review Article

Abstract: The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and its national committees around the world approved a statement on VoIP, calling on governments to take a light-handed approach to regulating an emerging range of IP-enabled services, including VoIP. The ICC believes VoIP has the potential to serve as a catalyst for broadband development and to help governments achieve their goal of economic and social development by expanding economic activity and bringing benefits of ICT to their citizens. The ICC Telecom Task Force that prepared the statement believes the present shift to IP networks "enables a revolutionary set of converged voice, data, and video applications for business and benefits for the information society as a whole."

Journal: I-WAYS, Digest of Electronic Commerce Policy and Regulation, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 34-37, 2005