I recently covered a news about Banlgadesh local telecom and government keeping a close eye on revenue loss due to free VOIP providers routing calls via other mediums and resulting in a million dollars loss to the local telecom provider, BTTB (Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board).
This news wasn't really just a threat, but it became reality when The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment worth around Tk 25 crore busting an unscrupulous phone service business at Azimpur in the capital yesterday. According to The Daily Star, With yesterday's recovery, the Rab has busted eight unauthorised VoIP business centres -- seven in the capital and one in the port city of Chittagong -- since December 26.Illegal VoIP operators use the equipment to generate or terminate overseas calls by first turning voice calls into data, routing it over the internet and then turning the data into voice again. The method, also known as internet telephony, bypasses BTTB (Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board), the sole carrier for overseas calls in Bangladesh and thus gets away without paying a huge revenue.
Those people who were using their service will not suffer. However, am sure there will be new illegal voip providers start mushrooming in no time. This will always happen until the government takes some serious steps to fuel the growth of VOIP in properly regulated manner. They require a strategic planning rather than a force to shut down those providers.
Anyone from Bangladesh can share their views?
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