The company already has licences in Bahrain and Jordan and it expects to be granted a licence to operate in Saudi Arabia next year. To achieve this the company is 'in the process of teaming up with several operators around the world,' he said, adding that they would do business with etisalat and du. On what basis will have to be determined.Įfonica, which is 100 per cent owned by New York publicly listed Fusion Telecommunications, has a 'vision is to make its service available to everyone who uses the telephone,' said president of Fusion's VoIP division and CEO of Efonica, Dubai office, Roger Karam. But if the service is provided through a third party there will be inevitably be a charge to the customer. The question remains however whether this IP to IP based dial-up service remains free, as thousands of residents within Dubai and other emirates would like, or whether the service will be available only through two providers - the incumbent etisalat and the new operator du.Ĭhoueiry, believes that the TRA will 'probably let IP to IP calls be a free service,' in much the same way as communicating via MSN Messenger is free. 'We aim to be ready as soon as the TRA makes an announcement,' said Efonica's regional director for Asia and Africa, Ibrahim Choueiry. And as soon as the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) in the UAE rules that VoIP is legal, slated to be in the first quarter of 2007, Efonica is ready to pounce.

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