Cellcom asked to stop blocking VoIP by MoC (Israel)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Cellcom has been asked by Israel’s Ministry of Communications (MoC) to halt blocking internet applications including VoIP. Internet access for all online services must be allowed by Cellcom as per the license.

It was found out that the operator’s subscribers were prevented from using a number of applications, including internet telephony after the cellco’s contracts with customers that require infrastructure services and internet access were checked.

Israel’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, Cellco had 3.26 million customers at end-September 2009, of which 941,000 had signed up for third-generation services.