Comments on: Truphone wins injunction against T-Mobile. Lives to fight another day.

By: Alec

Alec — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:11:56 +0000

I think Truphone is more than a "CLEC without facilities" — they've got presence, for instance, in their feature set. The problem for them seems to be the "without facilities" business model. The guy they're depending on to get paid doesn't want to do it!

By: Aswath

Aswath — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:57:53 +0000

So it looks like a manufactured victory for Truphone. Essentially they agreed to the tariff proposed by T-Mobile, but it is being clothed under "court ordered injunction".

My understanding is that in UK, termination charges are higher for wireline to wireless calls. So if such calls are in sufficient number, they should be doing just fine. By the way, after all the promises of new features that VoIP will deliver, it looks like the industry has settled on "CLEC without facilities" feature alone.

By: Alec

Alec — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:45:22 +0000

Indeed, Aswath. Truphone have just published the judgement, and it appears that what they have won is this: T-Mobile must pass calls to Truphone, but only at the very low rates they initially proposed.
http://www.truphone.com/2007/07/17/t_mobile/judgm…

If that's the case, then they are really not a lot further ahead than before. People can make calls to Truphone from T-Mobile, but Truphone's business model won't work for long at the rates they're getting paid.

By: Aswath

Aswath — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:32:53 +0000

I think that the dispute is a bit more legally nuanced for me to fully appreciate it. I understand that Truphone stipulates the interconnect carrier T-Mobile has to use. You can see the details at http://telebusillis.blogspot.com/2007/07/truphone... . Like I said this is all too legal for me. But one thing I conclude: the fight is not between VoIP and its foes; it is an intramural fight in the regulated world.