New Delhi: Government on March 15 decided to allow Internet telephony from April 1, 2002.

Accepting the recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the government has allowed voice communication over computers using telephone, an official release said.

The customers of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would be able to avail this service from their personal computers (PCs) capable of processing voice signals or other IP based Customer Premises Equipment.

The services would be from PC to PC (both within as well as outside India), PC to telephone (PC in India to telephone outside India) and IP based H.323/SIP terminals in India to similar terminals both in India and abroad, employing IP addressing scheme of 'IANA'.

PTI