Instant messaging and VoIP company Nimbuzz wants to become a platform for ISP's and telcos who have the license to make VoIP calls that terminate in India, the company's CEO Vikas Saxena told MediaNama. Nimbuzz, in which South African media conglomerate Naspers has a minority stake, launched an international calling service HelloIP with Spectranet. The backend for HelloIP is powered by Nimbuzz. Why Spectranet? Why Not Launch Services Themselves? Nimbuzz already has a VoIP service called NimbuzzOut that is targeted at the international market, however Saxena says that it cannot work in India, legally, because without a license, calls originating from India cannot be terminated on mobiles or landlines anywhere in the world. This necessitated a partnership with Spectranet, which has an ISP license. This is contrary to what we believed, that restrictions apply only to termination of calls on landline or mobile networks within India. There were talks of Nimbuzz going for unified license themself to launch such a service, but instead they have opted to power the service for companies that already have such a license such as Spectranet, which got an ISP and VoIP license in 2008. This also indicates that services like Skype are technically illegal in India when they allow calls to landline and mobile networks. "Skype did not care much about regulation in India or the Middle East till now, but now that they are part of Microsoft they will need to take it more seriously," he says. Note that PC to PC, or IP to…
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