Vonage has asked the Federal Communications Commission to allow it and other VoIP providers direct access to phone numbers, a move Verizon and AT&T say they support, so long as VoIP providers are subject to the same rules as the incumbents are.
Competitive local exchange carriers object, on the grounds that VoIP providers would gain business advantage if the FCC were to grant the request. As typically is the case, the changes are viewed as conferring business advantage to some contestants, compared to others.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Vonage Says VoIP Providers Should Get Direct Access to Numbers
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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