Editing Voice over IP (section)

===India===
In [[India]], it is legal to use VoIP, but it is illegal to have [[VoIP gateway]]s inside India.<ref name="TRAI-voip-gateway">{{cite web|title=Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Consultation paper on Issues related to Internet Telephony. Consultation Paper No. 11/2008.|publisher=Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)|date=May 2008|url=http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReaddata/ConsultationPaper/Document/cpaper12may08.pdf|author=Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan and Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100940/http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReaddata/ConsultationPaper/Document/cpaper12may08.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2014|access-date=September 19, 2012|location=New Delhi India|quote=An end-user is allowed to make PC–to-Phone Internet Telephony calls only on PSTN/PLMN abroad.|page=16 (Section 2.2.1.2 PC–to–Phone Internet telephony)}}</ref> This effectively means that people who have PCs can use them to make a VoIP call to other computers but not to a normal phone number. Foreign-based VoIP server services are illegal to use in India.<ref name="TRAI-voip-gateway"/>

Internet telephony is permitted to the ISP with restrictions. The following services are permitted:<ref>Harish Kumar Gangwar [https://www.scribd.com/doc/101919043/TECHNICAL-NOTE-ON-ILLEGAL-INTERNATIONAL-LONG-DISTANCE-TELEPHONE-EXCHANGE-IN-INDIA Technical Note on Illegal International Long Distance telephone Exchange in India]</ref>
# PC to PC; within or outside India
# PC / a device / Adapter conforming to the standard of any international agencies like- ITU or IETF etc. in India to PSTN/PLMN abroad.
# Any device / Adapter conforming to standards of International agencies like ITU, IETF etc. connected to ISP node with static IP address to similar device / Adapter; within or outside India.
# Except whatever is described in {{Clarify|reason=There is no condition (ii). This material appears to be a direct quote of the source which is also unclear.|text=condition (ii) above|date=December 2019}}, no other form of Internet Telephony is permitted.
# In India no Separate Numbering Scheme is provided to the Internet Telephony. Presently the 10 digit Numbering allocation based on E.164 is permitted to the Fixed Telephony, GSM, CDMA wireless service. For Internet Telephony, the numbering scheme shall only conform to IP addressing Scheme of [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA). Translation of E.164 number / private number to IP address allotted to any device and vice versa, by ISP to show compliance with IANA numbering scheme is not permitted.
# The Internet Service Licensee is not permitted to have PSTN/PLMN connectivity. Voice communication to and from a telephone connected to PSTN/PLMN and following E.164 numbering is prohibited in India.