That was also my first thought. In Afghanistan, for example, out Iyad illegal to run voice or SMS gateways due to telco restrictions (and probably others). Until last year this made running SMS projects legally very difficult because the telcos didn't have good facilities for interfacing with small contractors, among other things. On Jun 15, 2012 3:16 PM, "Eva Galperin" <eva@eff.org> wrote:
Criminalizing VOIP in order to preserve government and crony-held monopolies on telecommunications is not uncommon. Companies like BiTek sell VOIP-management tools to governments specifically aimed at detecting and blocking Skype calls in order to preserve the revenue for state-run telecoms.
I would be much more worried about the proclamationsb anti-terrorism and defamatory laws related provisions.
************************************************ Eva Galperin International Freedom of Expression Coordinator Electronic Frontier Foundation eva@eff.org (415) 436-9333 ex. 111 ************************************************
On 6/15/12 11:18 AM, David Johnson wrote:
http://www.techcentral.co.za/ethiopia-criminalises-skype/32723/
Ethiopiabs state-owned Internet service provider, the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (Ethio-Telcom), has begun performing deep-packet inspection of all Internet traffic in the country. The countrybs government recently ushered in new legislation that criminalises the use of services such as Skype, Google Talk and other forms of Internet phone calling. ...
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