Is IP telephony legal in France?

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Clarification of Question by abox-ga on 19 Apr 2004 08:05 PDT

To clarify, the question, i would like to know if it is ok for private
company to provide VoIP services to end users and companies , to
provide international call services, including prepaid calling cards
etc, in fact it means to become
a competitor of France Telecom.
for example in Israel , there is a law that makes it illegal at this
moment to offer VoIP services to clients in israel.

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Request for Question Clarification by aht-ga on 19 Apr 2004 08:09 PDT

Often it is difficult to prove the lack of something, so please advise
if something like this is good enough for you:

http://www.newtelephony.com/news/653.html

If so, I can provide several such articles to help you identify
existing IP telephony providers in France that are already positioning
themselves to compete with the incumbent telephony providers.

Regards,

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Question by abox-ga on 19 Apr 2004 08:21 PDT

Yes, thanks, these kind of articles would work.
Actually this article already clarifies a lot.

abox-ga:

The company mentioned above is one of the first to launch IP telephony
services that are accessible to the average consumer. Up until now, IP
telephony solutions have been primarily directed at the business
market as upgrades or replacements for PBX and other private systems.

To expand on this article, here are a few more links that you may find useful:
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Articles describing the launch of IP telephony (VoIP) services in France include:

Free Telecom Launches Free VoIP in France - (The IP Voice's New Telephony)
http://www.newtelephony.com/news/653.html

France CiteVision: A Success Story - HP Case Study
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/downloads/France_CiteVision_SuccessStory.pdf

Centile and Telecom Partners Announce Agreement
http://www.8x8.com/news_events/releases/2001/pr040601.asp.html

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Some IP telephony providers' websites (for companies known to serve
customers in France):

Western Telecom (for business users)
http://www.westerntelecom.fr/index.php?rub=2&module=commun

CallServe (based in UK, serves all EU countries with PC-to-Phone services)
http://www.callserve.com/Homepage.asp

iConnectHere - Delta3
http://www.iconnecthere.com/

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A listing from Excite France's online directory, of PC-to-Phone VoIP solutions:

http://www.excite.fr/directory/Computers/Internet/Telephony/Internet_Phone

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An interesting IP telephony related company based in France:

QuesCom
http://www.telephonyworld.com/iptelep/quescom/
http://www.quescom.com/

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I hope that this helps!

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Answer by aht-ga on 19 Apr 2004 10:37 PDT

With regards to offering calling card services based on IP telephony,
please check out this existing provider:

Go2Call
http://www.go2call.com/consumerLanding.jsp

They market their products (through resellers and direct) throughout
the EU including France.

Regards,

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher

very good.