Is it a common phenomenon everywhere? After India and Bangladesh, South Korea now raised its voice against the foreign VoIP players.
According to a Washington Post, the US soldiers deployed in South Korea henceforth can not make VoIP calls using their native companies’ services. If they want to do, they will have to depend upon South Korean service providers such as Korea Telecom Corp., Hanaro Telecom Inc. or LG Dacom Corp. They must also subscribe a South Korean local number for the Internet calls.
In means the US soldiers can not access services from Vonage, Lingo and Verizon in South Korea. Generally, these companies provide their customers a U.S. phone number. Using that number, the customers can make international calls at local rates. In USA, the prices for VoIP services are $15 to $25 monthly.
Just a year ago, the VoIP service providers in South Korea had taken the decision to ban all internet calls of the companies that are not registered under the Korean Telecommunications Business Act.
