This evening the Communications Regulator, ComReg, has issued draft directions aimed at encouraging consumers and business to make phone calls over the internet sooner rather than later.
Voice over Internet Phone Services are established in a number of competitor economies. Here, 076 prefixed numbers, were made available last year to telecoms providers.
But so far there's been no success in negotiating terms to allow such numbers be connected to the wider telecoms mobile and land line networks.
ComReg is intervening to assist industry put in place a preliminary framework for prices and settlements. David Gunning said the purpose of ComReg's intervention is to speed up the availability of VOIP to the Irish market.
