[IP] Zimbabwe telecoms authority warns companies on VoIP use
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 11, 2004 7:53:43 PM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Zimbabwe telecoms authority warns companies on
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Zimbabwe telecoms authority warns companies
By STAFF EDITORS
<http://www.zimobserver.com/newsdetail.asp?article_id=385#>
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz), in
charge of licensing and regulating all telecommunications traffic in
the country, has warned both public and private companies or
organisations unlawfully operating telecommunication systems to
immediately stop or face prosecution without further notice.
In a notice on the operation of voice, data and internet
telecommunications services within, into and from Zimbabwe, Potraz said
in terms of the Postal and Telecommunications Act, no person was
allowed to establish a public or private telecommunication system
except in accordance with a licence issued by Potraz.
"It has come to the attention of the authority that there are persons
or organisations using several means such as television receive on
(TVRO) satellite dishes and internet protocol (IP) based switches to
receive and distribute voice, VOIP, data and internet traffic. The
authority hereby declares that the illegal public or private
telecommunication systems shall cease operations with immediate effect
(as) the authority shall proceed to take legal action and prosecute all
breaches without further notice," warned the regulatory body.
Potraz described telecommunications services as encompassing any
telecommunication service transmitted by means of "signs, signals,
sounds, pictures or communications conveyed by the agency of
electricity, magnetism or electromagnetism or by any agency of a like
nature, whether with or without the aid of wires and includes telephone
and telegraphy and any improvements and development thereof".
Source: Sunday Mail Zimbabwe
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