Burma Cracks Down on VOIP Calls
© jmhullotBurmese authorities in Rangoon are cracking down on VOIP calls through raids on cyber cafes, in order to determine if these businesses were still providing customers with overseas communication service through banned VOIP services like Skype, Google Talk, Pfingo and VZO.
The reason for the crackdown is that the used of VOIP services had become so popular for overseas calls that it was causing state revenues from overseas calls through the government's communication services to decline. Legal action has been threatened against business …