In almost all gulf countries using of voip is illegail.In UAE voip is banned and you can even open most of the voip site is banned by Etisalat in order not to make it use. So its not easy to make voip phone calls from UAe cities like Dubai,Abudhabi,Sharjah etc.But in Qatar the policy is little deffer as the government press release.It says taht individual can use voip for personal purpus and its illegal when it comes to sell the service.The content of teh official release are as follows:
The Telecommunications Law 34 of 2006 does, however, make it illegal for any person to provide telecommunications services to the public for a direct or indirect fee without a license issued by ictQATAR for that purpose.Currently the only two entities licensed by ictQATAR to provide such voice services to the public in Qatar are Qatar Telecom (QTel) Q.S.C. and Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C.

In summary, the position on VoIP is:

1. Any person or business within the State of Qatar may use VoIP services for voice calls for their own use; and


2. No person or business within the State of Qatar may sell VoIP calls or services to the public or businesses without a license issued by ictQATAR. The only two companies currently licensed for that purpose are QTel and Vodafone.

ictQATAR is committed to encouraging the availability of the latest technology to Qatari citizens and residents.

Any person with further questions about Qatar’s VoIP policy may contact ictQATAR by email at consumervoice@ict.gov.qa or by calling our consumer help line at +974 499 5353.

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