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Published: Friday | July 11, 2014
Richard Browne, Business Reporter
A blockade of Internet-calling services, or VoIP, by local telecoms could impact the development of entrepreneurial companies in the technology sector and other services, sector interests say.
The blockade, however, may be a moot point as the voice service providers appear to have the technical capacity to overcome the blocks.
Talmon Marco, the CEO of Viber, said last week that his system was able to bypass any block put in its way, though it could take considerable time.
At first, it appeared that the block was firm, as the Viber service continued to be unavailable for Digicel customers, with users getting a message reading: "Viber service is currently unavailable or being blocked. Please try again later. Place a regular call instead."
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...business2.html
Richard Browne, Business Reporter
A blockade of Internet-calling services, or VoIP, by local telecoms could impact the development of entrepreneurial companies in the technology sector and other services, sector interests say.
The blockade, however, may be a moot point as the voice service providers appear to have the technical capacity to overcome the blocks.
Talmon Marco, the CEO of Viber, said last week that his system was able to bypass any block put in its way, though it could take considerable time.
At first, it appeared that the block was firm, as the Viber service continued to be unavailable for Digicel customers, with users getting a message reading: "Viber service is currently unavailable or being blocked. Please try again later. Place a regular call instead."
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...business2.html
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