Regulatory Policy, Voice over Internet Protocol, Version 2.0, Issued 30
December 2009
is a Telecommunication Network situated in one or
more places outside of the State, which is operated
for the purposes of providing Telecommunication
Services to Users for a fee.
Regulatory
Framework
The regulatory policies, regulations, instructions, orders,
resolutions, procedures, guidelines, directions, directives,
determinations or such other regulatory instruments as may
be made or amended by the TRA from time to time.
TRA
The
General
Authority
for
Regulating
the
Telecommunication Sector in United Arab Emirates
established pursuant to Article (6) of the Law.
User
In respect of a Telecommunication Service, the individual or
entity which uses or has access to that service.
VoIP Network
A Public Telecommunication Network over which VoIP
Services are provided.
VoIP Service(s)
All of the services and technologies that allow the
transmitting, receiving, delivering and routing of voice
telecommunications by means of Internet Protocol (IP).
VoIP Deployment
Guidelines
Any regulatory instrument issued by the TRA in relation to or
dealing with the practical application of this Policy, including
amongst other matters, describing the deployment and use
of VoIP Services in various circumstances through the
discussion of various theoretical call-cases and call
scenarios.
3.
General Provisions
3.1
Subject to paragraph 3.3 below, to the extent that the provision of VoIP
Services requires a person to engage in or conduct a Regulated Activity
in the State, that person will need to have been issued with a Licence to
do so, in accordance with the Law. At present there are two Licensees
which are legally entitled to engage in or conduct Regulated Activities in
the State. It is not the TRA’s present intention to issue any further
Licences that would allow the holders of such Licences to provide VoIP
Services.
3.2
Where a Licensee believes that a VoIP Service is being provided by a
person not licensed to do so under the Law, over a Public
Telecommunication Network operated by that Licensee, that Licensee
will be entitled to block that VoIP Service, unless instructed by the TRA
to do otherwise.
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