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[February 08, 2010]

'French operators likely to allow m-VoIP this year - report'

Feb 08, 2010 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) -- Mobile VoIP is expected to come to France before the end of the year, writes 01net. Bouygues Telecom may be the first to allow the technology over its network as early as the second quarter, coinciding with the release of the Apple iPad. France's three existing mobile network operators, Orange, SFR and Bouygues, forbid the use of VoIP over their 3G networks at present, but stated that they were studying the issue.


Orange is said to be planning VoIP for the end of the year, and SFR is also expected to do so this year. Mobile network licence winner Free Mobile told 01net that it plans to offer mobile VoIP when it launches services at the start of 2012, allowing customers to use third-party VoIP platforms from the outset. The country's other operators may prefer to develop their own solutions to counter rivals such as Skype.

French telecommunications regulator Arcep has formed a working group on net neutrality, whose agenda includes mobile VoIP. It will consult mobile operators, ISPs and "internet giants". Arcep plans to publish guidelines on the matter in June.


Distributed for DMeurope.com via M2 Communications (www.m2.com)

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