NewsFactor Network – Tech Trends – UK Gives VoIP Its Own Area Code

The agency will take pains to keep regulatory interference to a minimum, while ensuring consumers are kept informed and their rights protected, according to statements made by Stephen Carter, CEO of Ofcom. The two goals are not mutually exclusive, he added, as increasing competition in the wholesale broadband market benefits consumers in the end.

A practical idea that we should have done years ago. Instead the USA phonecos are fighting the whole thing as hard as they can.