Vonage UK has introduced a new unlimited calling plan that they claim is the first of its kind in Britain. The new plan reaches landlines in 36 countries including India for $31.92 a month.

The new plan also offers unlimited calling to mobile phones in five countries: India, U.S., Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong. The offer also includes standard Vonage-to-Vonage calling, voicemail, 3-way calling, call waiting and other Vonage services.

The release particular focused on the ability to call India, reaching out to UK customers with family in India and overseas. The service is being positioned as a much cheaper way to make calls to family and friends of members of the UK's international community.

For more:
- read the release

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India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued orders to the nation's ISPs to block VoIP services being offered by 39 off-shore providers. ISPs have been asked to block such web sites due to the country's laws permitting only licensed operators to offer VoIP services.

The telecom enforcement and monitoring division of the DoT said that it found many corporate customers were using off-shore Internet telephony services. Unlicensed VoIP operators represent a "grave security threat to the nation and heavy loss to the Government."  ISPs were requested to implement the order in the "interest of the security of the nation."

However, the DoT went on to say that blocking of overseas VoIP sites shouldn't be confused with the "routine content blocking" of websites as recommended by security agencies.

Foreign service providers that have been "blacklisted" include voiptalk.org, sipgate.co.uk, voiplus.net, and deltathree.com

For more:
- The Hindu Business Line. Post.

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