Restrictions

Argentina

Legal Restriction(s): 
DIDs from Argentina can not be assigned to companies based in Argentina.

Only 822 number can be used with calling cards applications. Local numbers and tollfree 800 numbers cannot be used for calling card applications.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Argentina.

International reachability issues have been reported for calls to phone numbers from Buenos Aires.

T.38 is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Local NRA(s) : 
Comision Nacional de Comunicaciones (CNC)
54 11 4347 9544

http://www.cnc.gov.ar/

Australia

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by Global VoIP Communications, Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Cannot be used for post-paid calling card applications.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free may not be reachable from other countries than Australia.

Toll-Free numbers are reachable from fix, mobiles and payphones.

Calling a Toll-Free number from a mobile phone is not free of charge.

T.38 is supported for numbers purchased after June 24, 2011. Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) 43 1 580 58 0

http://www.rtr.at/

 

Bahrain

Legal Restriction(s): 
For Bahrain numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by Global VoIP Communications, Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are reachable from fix phones and payphones only. They are not reachable from mobile phones.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Bahrain.

SMS is not supported.

FAX is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Local NRA(s) : 
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) 973 1752 0000

http://www.tra.org.bh/

Belgium

Legal Restriction(s): 
One stage sub-allocation of numbers allowed provided customer is a licensed operator or service provider.

For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Customer has the obligation to be able to identify users of Belgian DIDs through trustworthy information.

Service Restriction(s): 
Reachability issues have been reported when dialing the 78 numbers from several carriers outside Belgium.

Although T.38 is supported, compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

Non Geographical numbers cannot access Emergency services.

DID – Mobile cannot be used for calling card or conference applications.

International reachability issues exist for inbound voice and SMS on DID – Mobile numbers. Please use our ticketing system to report such issues as we are working on extending international reachability.

Local NRA(s) : 
Belgian Institute for Post and Telecommunications (BIPT) 32 2 226 88 88

http://www.bipt.be/

Brazil

Legal Restriction(s):
Numbers cannot be assigned to residents or companies registered in Brazil

Service Restriction(s): 
Intermittent national and international reachability issues have been reported for DID numbers from Porto Alegre DIDs (area code 51) and Salvador (area code 71).

SMS is not supported.

Due to the regulatory framework in Brazil, we need the LOA signed by the current owner of the number to be able to port-in numbers. In Brazil, the owner of the number is the operator to whom these numbers were allocated instead of the end user. In order to get the current owner of the number, you can use the following link: http://consultanumero.abrtelecom.com.br/consultanumero/consulta/consultaSituacaoAtualCtg. Additionally to this LOA signed by the current owner of the number, we will need the last invoice of the service provided for these numbers.

Although FAX is supported, compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Brazil.

Local NRA(s) : 
Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes (ANATEL) 55 61 312 2336

http://www.anatel.gov.br/

Bulgaria

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by Global VoIP Communications, Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Sub allocation of numbers is allowed provided customer is a notified operator or service provider.

When necessary, Global VoIP Communications will undertake actions aiming at out-of-court collection of outstanding monetary obligations as set forth in Decision 1973 of 27 September 2012 of the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC)

Service Restriction(s): 
T.38 is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Local NRA(s) : 
Communication Regulation Commission

http://www.crc.bg/

 

Canada

Legal Restriction(s): 
Any provider with annual Canadian telecommunications service revenues exceeding $10 million in the previous fiscal year, as reported to the CRTC under the contribution regime, is required to be a member of the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (Decision CRTC 2007-130 on the establishment of an independent telecommunications consumer agency).

The primary method of routing of emergency calls is not available for the entire territory of Canada; therefore a second routing solution is used according to the applicable regulatory framework which may cause the the following limitations: 1. when the end-user places the emergency call, this may be routed to an Emergency Services Center other than the Emergency Services Center that would normally receive the emergency call placed from the end-user location; 2. the end-user physical location and CLI will not be presented to the Emergency Services Centers; 3. in the event that the end-user cannot speak, no information will be provided to the Emergency Services Centers in order to contact Global VoIP Communications to obtain information that could allow them to dispatch emergency services to the end-user’s location.

Customer should provide end-users one or more methods of updating their registered location. Any method used must allow end-user to update the registered location at will and in a timely manner.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are reachable from Canada and US mainland (48 states)

Toll-Free numbers are reachable from fix, mobile and payphones in Canada. They are not reachable from payphones in the US. CLI info from mobile phones can not be guaranteed.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

Reachability issues from Telkomsel (Indonesia) and Telcel (Mexico) have been reported for SMS.

The maximum number of SMS messages a DID – Mobile number can send per day is limited to 500.

We accept a maximum of 4 SMS message per-second. Messages may be rejected if this rate is not respected.

Local NRA(s) : 
Canadian Radio and TV Commission (CRTC) 1 819 997 0313

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/

Chile

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
T38 is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is only available for geographical numbers from Santiago.

Reachability issues have been reported when dialing 44 national numbers from outside Chile.

Local NRA(s) : 
Subseceretaria de Telecommunicacaiones (SUBTEL) 56 2 421 30 00

http://www.subtel.gob.cl/

China

Legal Restriction(s):
Numbers cannot be assigned to residents or companies registered in China.

Numbers cannot be used for calling card applications.

Service Restriction(s): 

SMS is not supported.

T.38 is not supported.

FAX is not supported

Diversion is not supported

Number portability is not available

Intermittent international reachability problems may occur on geographical numbers (Toll-Free – Special numbers)

Toll-Free – Shared costs numbers can only be reachable from China

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

http://www.miit.gov.cn

Colombia

Numbers cannot be assigned to residents or companies registered in Colombia.

For Toll-Free numbers (prefix 800) from Colombia, a global address of the end user (place of residence/business) is required. The customer will submit to [Global VoIP Communications] the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

Legal Restriction(s): 
DID numbers are limited to 2 channels (or simultaneous calls) per number. Nevertheless, we can increase the call capacity per number to 10 or 30. For Bogotá we support n x 30 channels on request.

Intermittent international reachability and DTMF issues may prevail.

Calling cards services are not permitted to use geographical numbers

T.38 is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Colombia.

Local NRA(s) : 
Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones (CRC) 5713198300

http://www.crcom.gov.co/

Costa Rica

For Costa Rica numbers, details of the end user (place of residence/business) must be submitted (Name or Business Name, and Contact Phone Numbers) along with worldwide address.

Croatia

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) corresponding to relevant geographic zone is required. The customer will submit to [Global VoIP Communications] the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Croatia.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Hrvatska Agencija za Telekomunikacije 385 1 4896 000

http://www.hakom.hr/

Cyprus

Legal Restriction(s): 
User must submit Name, business name and contact phone numbers. Along with government issued ID/Passport or company registration certificate, worldwide address, and proof of address.

Calling cards applications can be provided with Toll-Free only. Company must also be registered with the Cyprus NRA (CYTA).

Service Restriction(s): 

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from payphones.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Cyprus.

T38 is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is available for legal entities based in Cyprus only.

Local NRA(s) : 
Office of the Commissioner of Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation (OCECPR) 357 22693000

http://www.ocecpr.org.cy
Ministry of Communications and Works 357 22800288

http://www.mcw.gov.cy/

Czech Republic

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by Global VoIP Communications, Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Only “828” Toll-Free numbers can be used for calling card applications and not other Toll-Free nor DID numbers.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers (range 828) are not reachable from Mobiles

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Czech Republic.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

910 and Toll-Free numbers cannot be ported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Czech Telecommunication Office 420 224 004 111

http://www.ctu.cz/

 

 

Denmark

Legal Restrictions(s):
For geographical numbers, the customer shall provide name, address and passport number or business registration number of the end user. The customer will submit to [Global VoIP Communications] the required information before activating the number and will keep the information updated during use. Upon request of [Global VoIP Communications] customer must be able to provide a proof of address within 24 hours, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Service Restriction(s): 
There is no link between geographical location and area code in Denmark. Therefore the phone numbers offered by Global VoIP Communications are classified as “geographical” in our systems, but can be used for all cities.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from payphones.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Denmark.

SMS is not supported.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

Local NRA(s) : 
Danish Business Authority 45 35 29 10 00

http://www.dba.erhvervsstyrelsen.dk/

Dominican Republic

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
Intermittent international reachability issues have been reported.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones

http://www.indotel.gob.do/

 

El Salvador

Legal Restriction(s): 
DIDs cannot be used for calling card applications.

Service Restriction(s): 
DIDs are limited to a maximum of 5 concurrent calls. Nevertheless, we can increase the call capacity per number to 10 or n x 30 channels on request.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Intermittent international reachability issues have been reported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecommunicaciones 503 257 44 38

http://www.siget.gob.sv/

 

Estonia

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Only national numbers are portable.

National numbers may not be reachable from foreign networks.

Local NRA(s) : 
Estonian Technical Surveillance Authority 372 667 2080

http://www.tja.ee

 

Finland

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

DID – Mobile numbers can only be used for Person to Person communication.

SMS Outbound Feature is a Person-to-Person service and may be used by our customers or their subscribers for sending person-to-person traffic only. The message must be initiated due to human interaction. SMS Outbound Feature cannot be used for sending bulk notifications or other marketing campaigns which do not comply with the usage of long virtual numbers.

Service Restriction(s): 
Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is only supported on DID – Mobile numbers

The maximum number of SMS messages a DID – Mobile number can send per day is limited to 2000.

Local NRA(s) :
Finnish Communication Regulatory Authority 358 9 6966 500

http://www.ficora.fi/
Ministry of Transport and Communications 358 9 160 02

http://www.mintc.fi/

France

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) corresponding to relevant geographic zone is required. The customer will submit to Global VoIP Communications the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

Mobile numbers cannot be ported.

Service Restriction(s): 
Reachability issues have been reported when dialing (0)811, (0)805 (only if ported from Verizon) and (0)9 numbers from outside France.

SMS is not supported on geographical and national numbers.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

Fixed number portability is not available with all operators. You have a list of supported operators in the porting section when selecting the country.

Nomadic (09), Mobile (07) and Non Geographical numbers cannot access Emergency Services.

International reachability for voice and SMS cannot be guaranteed.

Local NRA(s) : 
Autorite de regulation des Communications electroniques et des Postes 33 1 40 47 70 00

http://www.arcep.fr/

 

Georgia

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers (Tibilisi ), a local address is required in the city corresponding to the geographical zone of requested number. The address will be substantiated by an objective document showing a link between user and address.

Service Restriction(s):
Reachability issues have been reported when dialing (0)706 numbers from outside of Georgia.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

FAX is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Local NRA(s) : 
Georgian National Communications Commission 995 921667

http://www.gncc.ge/

Germany

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, a local address is required in the city corresponding to the geographical zone of requested number. The address will be substantiated by an objective document showing a link between user and address.

For national numbers, the address of the end user (place of residence/business) in Germany is required. The customer will submit to Global VoIP Communications the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

For Toll-Free numbers (prefix 800) from Germany, a global address of the end user (place of residence/business) is required. The address will be substantiated by an objective document showing a link between user and address.

Only one stage sub-allocation of Toll-Free numbers is allowed

Service Restriction(s):
Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

FAX is only supported for all numbers purchased after 1 April 2011.

SMS is not supported.

Number porting is only for numbers associated to a subscriber line.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Germany.

Non Geographical numbers cannot access Emergency services.

Local NRA(s) : 
Federal Network for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway(BnetzA) 49 2 28 14 0

http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de

Greece

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Toll-free (Toll-Free) numbers and geographical numbers cannot be used for calling card applications.

Service Restriction(s): 
Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Greece.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from payphones.

Local NRA(s) : 
National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) 30 210 615 1000

http://www.eett.gr/

 

 

Hong Kong

Legal Restriction(s): 
DIDs cannot be used for calling card applications.

The user shall provide name and address, passport number or business registration number. The customer will transmit to [Global VoIP Communications] the documents justifying that the information is valid and correct before activation and keep the information updated during use.

Service Restriction(s): 

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) 852 2961 6333

http://www.ofca.gov.hk/

Hungary

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) corresponding to relevant geographic zone is required. The customer will submit to [Global VoIP Communications] the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

Suballocation of numbers is allowed provided that customer is a notified operator or service provider.

Service Restriction(s): 
Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Reachability issues have been reported when dialing Toll-Free numbers from outside Hungary.

Local NRA(s) : 
National Media and Infocommunications Authority, Hungary

http://www.nmhh.hu

 

 

India

Legal Restriction(s): 
Numbers cannot be used for calling card applications.

Numbers cannot be assigned to residents or companies registered in India.

Service Restriction(s): 
SMS is not supported.

T.38 is not supported.

FAX is not supported.

Diversion is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

End-users from India must activate “International dialing” on their account in order to be able to dial India ITFS.

Toll-Free numbers are reachable from the following MOBILE networks: Bharti/Airtel, Vodafone (formerly Hutch), IDEA/SPICE (all regions but Punjab Spice), Reliance (all regions but Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Bhuneswer, Jaipur, Lucknow, Meerut), BSNL, Tata DoCoMo, Loop Mobile (formerly BPL), Videocon Mobile(formerly Datacom), S-Tel Mobile, MTNL, TTML & TTSL (postpaid), HFCL Infotel/Ping Mobile, Telenor/Uninor

Toll-Free numbers are reachable from the following FIX networks: BSNL (all regions but Bhopal), MTNL, Bharti/Airtel, Tata DoCoMo, Reliance, MTS India/Shyam, TTML & TTSL

Toll-Free numbers are NOT reachable from the following networks: TTSL (Prepaid), Etisalat DB Telecom

Local NRA(s) : 
Department of Telecommunications

http://www.dot.gov.in/

Ireland

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) corresponding to relevant geographic zone is required. The customer will submit to [Global VoIP Communications] the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

Nomadic numbers (076) shall only be distributed to Irish residents or to those who have a real and substantive association with Ireland.

Service Restriction(s): 
For national numbers purchased after 06/02/2013,reachability issues have been reported when calling from outside Ireland

Toll-Free numbers purchased before 20/10/2010 are not reachable from mobile networks and payphones.

Toll-Free numbers purchased between 20/10/2010 and 01/09/2012 are not reachable from payphones.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Ireland.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Non Geographical numbers cannot access Emergency services.

Local NRA(s) : 
Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) 353 1 804 9600

http://www.comreg.ie/

Israel

Legal Restriction(s): 
P-asserted identity headers are not allowed.

Service Restriction(s): 
Reachability issues have been reported when dialing the numbers from Paltel and Jawwal (Palestinian Telco’s).

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Israel.

Calling a Toll-Free number from a mobile phone is not free of charge.

SMS is not supported.

Toll-Free numbers purchased after February 3rd 2014 are not reachable from payphones

Local NRA(s) : 
Ministry of Communications

http://www.moc.gov.il/

Italy

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Customers providing ECS must be notified operators and must provide services to end users

Service Restriction(s): 
199 numbers are reachable from Italy only.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

Toll-Free numbers are reachable from the following mobile networks: TIM, Wind, 3, Vodafone, Fastweb. They are reachable from the following fixed networks : TI, Vodafone Fix, Tiscali, Wind, Fastweb. We are working on extending the reachability from the following networks: BT, COLT.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is limited to numbers operated by the following service providers : Telecom Italia, Fastweb, Tiscaly, COLT, BT Italy, CloudItalia, Infracom and UNO Communications

Local NRA(s) : 
L Autorita per le Garanzie nelle Communicazioni (AGCOM) 39 06 696 441

http://www.agcom.it/

 

 

Japan

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from payphones.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Japan.

T38 is supported for DIDs purchased after 31/10/2012.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

http://www.soumu.go.jp/

 

Latvia

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Service operators to which numbers are allocated are supposed to notify their activities to the Regulator.

Cannot be used for calling-card applications.

Service Restriction(s): 
SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Local NRA(s) : 
Public Utilities Commission or PUC (Sabiedrisko Pakalpojumo Regulesanas Komisija

http://www.sprk.gov.lv/
Electronic Communications Office 371 733 30 34

http://www.esd.lv/

Lithuania

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available for geographical numbers.

Local NRA(s) : 
Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) 370 5 210 5633

http://www.rrt.lt

Luxembourg

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free may not be reachable from some countries abroad

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Non Geographical numbers cannot access Emergency services (but VoIP numbers (020) can)

Local NRA(s) : 
Institut de Luxembourgeois de Regulation (ILR) 352 45 88 45 1

http://www.ilr.public.lu/index.html

 

Malaysia

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Passport or ID copy. In case registration process is performed under a company name, the company registration certificate shall be provided instead of passport or ID copy.

Proof of address form (copy of utility bill no older than 6 months).

Service Restriction(s): 
Intermittent international reachability issues may prevail.

FAX is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Intermittent DTMF issues may occur with international calls.

T.38 is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission 60386888000

http://www.skmm.gov.my/

Malta

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
SMS is not supported.

T.38 is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Local NRA(s) : 
Malta Communications Authority (MCA) 356 21 336 840

http://www.mca.org.mt/

Mexico

Legal Restriction(s):
DIDs and Toll-Frees from Mexico cannot be assigned to companies based in Mexico or that have operations in Mexico.

DIDs cannot be used for calling card applications.

Service Restriction(s): 
Reachability issues for both voice and fax have been reported when dialing from outside Mexico.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Mexico.

Local NRA(s) : 
Comision Federal de Telecomunicaciones (CFT) 52 5 261 4000

http://www.cft.gob.mx/

 

Netherlands

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) corresponding to relevant geographic zone is required. The customer will submit to [Global VoIP Communications] the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are to be ordered by [Global VoIP Communications] with the Dutch regulator on a per request basis. Orders to [Global VoIP Communications] should be filed in writing (specific form available on request) stating (i) the name and address of the user of the Toll-Free number and (ii) a description of the service for which the number will be used. Estimated lead time from order to activation is 6 weeks.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than the Netherlands.

Reachability issues have been reported when calling the national 085 numbers from outside the Netherlands.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

T.38 is only supported on DID numbers purchased after August 4th 2014.

Local NRA(s) : 
Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) 31 70 7222 000

https://www.acm.nl/

New Zealand

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are reachable from fixed and mobile networks. They are not reachable from payphones.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from abroad.

DID reachability issues have been reported for international calls to numbers with 07 and 09 area code.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Commerce Commission 64 4 924 3600

http://www.comcom.govt.nz/

Norway

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers the location of the end user (place of residence/business) corresponding to relevant geographic zone is required. The customer will submit to [Global VoIP Communications] the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

For national numbers the address of the end user (place of residence/business) in Norway is required. The customer will submit to [Global VoIP Communications] the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

Service Restriction(s): 
Calling a Toll-Free number from a mobile phone or payphone may not be free of charge.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) :
Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority 47 22 82 46 00

http://www.npt.no

 

Panama

Legal Restriction(s):
The location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the country. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

DID and Toll-Free numbers cannot be used for calling-card applications.

Service Restriction(s): 
Reachability issues have been reported when dialing from outside Panama.

Toll-Free numbers are reachable from fix phones only. They are not reachable from mobile phones nor from payphones.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Panama.

T38 is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Publicos 507 278-4500

http://www.asep.gob.pa

Peru

Legal Restriction(s): 
DIDs cannot be used for calling-card applications.

For Toll-Free numbers (prefix 800) from Peru, a global address of the end user (place of residence/business) is required. The customer will submit to [Global VoIP Communications] the required address before activating the number and keep the information updated during use.

Service Restriction(s): 
No CLI guaranteed.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Peru.

Local NRA(s) : 
Organismo, Supervisor de Inversion Privada en Telecomunicaciones (OSIPTEL) 51 1 421 4152

http://www.osiptel.gob.pe

Poland

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Office of Electronic Communications 48 22 53 49 156

http://www.en.uke.gov.pl

Portugal

Legal Restriction(s): 
Local address is required for nomadic numbers (030 range). This info will be sent to [Global VoIP Communications] within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

A calling card business must be registered at the regulator.

Calling card applications can only be used with numbers being part of the range “882”.

Service Restriction(s): 
882 numbers are not reachable from mobiles.

DID and Vox 800 are reachable from the following networks: Portugal Telecom, PT Prime, TMN mobile, ONI, Vodafone, Sonaecom – Novis, Colt, G9, ZON

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Autoridad Nacional De Comunicacoes (ICP-Anacom) 351 21 721 10 00

http://www.anacom.pt/

Puerto Rico

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
T38 is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

International reachability issues have been reported for numbers from Arroyo, Humacao, Aguadilla, Aguada and Aguas Buenas (except for calls originating from USA).

Number portability is only available for geographical numbers.

Toll-Free numbers are reachable from Puerto Rico, US 48, Hawaii and Canada

Local NRA(s) : 
Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones 1 787 756 0804

http://www.jrtpr.gobierno.pr/

Romania

Legal Restriction(s): 
DIDs cannot be used for calling-card applications.

For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Service Restriction(s): 
DID purchased before 1/11/2011 are also not reachable from UPC, RDS and mobile networks.

Reachability issues have been reported when dialing 031 and 0376 numbers from outside Romania.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
National Regulatory Authority for Communications 40 021 30 75

http://www.ancom.org.ro/

Russian Federation

For geographical numbers, user must provide name, business name, contact phone number, and address worldwide

 

Singapore

Legal Restriction(s): 
Cannot be used for calling cards applications.

The user shall provide name and address, passport number or business registration number. The customer will transmit to [Global VoIP Communications] the documents justifying that the information is valid and correct before activation and keep the information updated during use.

Service Restriction(s): 
Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Local NRA(s) : 
Info-Communications Development Authority (IDA) 65 211 0888

http://www.ida.gov.sg/

Slovakia

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from mobile phones.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Slovakia.

SMS is not supported.

Number portability is available from all major service providers, however may not be available from small or relatively new service providers.

Local NRA(s) : 
Telecommunication Office of the Slovak Republic 421 2 57 881 111

http://www.teleoff.gov.sk/index.php?ID=9

Slovenia

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Sub-allocation of numbers allowed provided customer is a licensed operator or service provider.

Service Restriction(s): 
T38 is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Slovenia.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from payphones

Anonymous calls on Toll-Free numbers will be charged as mobile originated.

Local NRA(s) : 
Agencija za posto in elektronske komunikacije Republike Slovenije 386 1 583 63 00

http://www.apek.si/

South Africa

Legal Restriction(s): 
The customer shall submit name, address, nationality and passport number or business registration number of the end user. The customer must provide proof to justify the validity of the address information together with a copy of the ID or Business registration for validation before activating the number. The customer will keep the information updated during use.

For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) corresponding to relevant geographic zone is required. For national numbers, the location of the end user can be anywhere in the world.

Service Restriction(s): 
Reachability issues have been reported when dialing the numbers from outside South Africa.

SMS is not supported.

Local NRA(s) : 
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa 27 (11) 566 3000/3001

http://www.icasa.org.za

South Korea

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, a local address is required in the city corresponding to the geographical zone of requested number. The address will be substantiated by an objective document showing a link between user and address. This address can be a “Virtual office address”. Exceptionally, numbers from Seoul used for conferencing applications can be activated using Global VoIP Communications’s office address in South Korea. A specific process applies in this case. Please contact your account manager for more information.

DID and Toll-Free numbers cannot be used for calling card applications.

South Korea has multiple types of non-geographic numbers that can be considered national. Area code “1670” is used for numbers created for “single number services”, which is a value-added network service provided through an “intelligent network”. The NRA has a similar attitude towards these numbers as geo-numbers and the address of the end user (place of residence/business address) in South Korea is required. To activate the number(s) the customer will submit the required address details to [Global VoIP Communications] and keep the information updated during use.

South Korea has multiple types of non-geographic numbers that can be considered national. Area code “70” is used for numbers dedicated to VoIP services. No address restrictions are in place for these numbers.

Service Restriction(s): 
SMS is not supported.

Number portability is not available.

Reachability issues have been reported for faxing DID numbers and calling DID – National numbers and Toll-Free numbers from outside South Korea.

Local NRA(s) : 
KCC – Korea Communications Commission 82-2-2110-2114

http://eng.kcc.go.kr/user/ehpMain.do

Spain

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

DID – Mobile numbers can only be used for Person to Person communication.

A Local Address and ID Requirement applies for DID – Mobile numbers from Spain. An address in Spain is required. An ID card or passport number needs to be provided for individuals, a fiscal identification number (CIF) for corporations.

SMS Outbound Feature is a person-to-person service and may be used by our customers or their subscribers for sending person-to-person traffic only. The message must be initiated due to human interaction. SMS Outbound Feature cannot be used for sending bulk notifications or other marketing campaigns which do not comply with the usage of long virtual numbers.

Service Restriction(s): 
Reachability issues have been reported when dialing 518 national numbers from outside Spain.

901 national numbers are not reachable from other countries than Spain.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

International reachability issues exist for inbound voice and SMS on DID – Mobile numbers. Please use our ticketing system to report such issues as we are working on extending international reachability.

Toll-Free numbers with area codes 901 and 902 are shared cost numbers

The maximum number of SMS messages a DID – Mobile number can send per day is limited to 2000.

We accept a maximum of 4 SMS message per-second. Messages may be rejected if this rate is not respected.

Local NRA(s) : 
Comision del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT) 34 93 603 61 65

http://www.cmt.es/

Sweden

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

DID – Mobile numbers can only be used for Person to Person communication.

SMS Outbound Feature is a Person-to-Person service and may be used by our customers or their subscribers for sending person-to-person traffic only. The message must be initiated due to human interaction. SMS Outbound Feature cannot be used for sending bulk notifications or other marketing campaigns which do not comply with the usage of long virtual numbers.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are reachable from fix, mobile and payphones.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Sweden.

T38 is not supported.

SMS is not supported on DID – Geographical numbers

Number porting limited to owners of Swedish Social security/Organisation number.

International reachability issues exist for inbound voice and SMS on DID – Mobile numbers. Please use our ticketing system to report such issues as we are working on extending international reachability.

The maximum number of SMS messages a DID – Mobile number can send per day is limited to 2000.

We accept a maximum of 4 SMS message per-second. Messages may be rejected if this rate is not respected.

Local NRA(s) : 
National Posts & Telecommunications Agency (PTS) 46 8 678 5500

http://www.pts.se/

Switzerland

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, the location of the end user (place of residence/business) must be within the relevant geographic zone. If requested by [Global VoIP Communications], Customer shall send the location of the end user (place of residence/business) within 24 hours of receiving the request, otherwise the number may be disconnected.

Customer shall inform the end-user at the time of subscription about the consequences of a nomadic usage of voice over IP in case of emergency calls.

Customer shall require the end-user to specifically sign a document where he/she recognizes the risk of a nomadic usage of voice over IP in case of emergency calls.

Customer should clearly inform the end-user at the time of subscription that he/she should use as much as possible a more appropriate communication mean for emergency calls.

Service Restriction(s): 
Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is not supported.

Number porting limited to geographical numbers.

Toll-Free numbers are not reachable from other countries than Switzerland

Local NRA(s) : 
Federal Office for Communications (BAKOM-OFCOM) 41 32 327 55 11

http://www.bakom.admin.ch/

 

Turkey

Legal Restriction(s): 
For geographical numbers, a local address is required in the city corresponding to the geographical zone of requested number. In addition, Turkish ID card copy; Turkish mobile phone number; the latest invoice for mobile phone number. Verification code is sent to indicated mobile phone number.

Only 811 numbers can be used with calling cards applications.

For National numbers (prefix 850) and Toll-Free numbers (prefix 811) from Turkey, a global address and proof of identification is still required. The proof of identification needs to be uploaded (a copy of the ID card or passport for residential end-users, a copy of the ID or passport of its legal representative for enterprise customers).

Service Restriction(s): 
FAX is not supported.

SMS is not supported.

Toll-Free with prefix 811 numbers are only reachable from Turk Telecom.

Local NRA(s) : 
BTK 903122947200

http://eng.btk.gov.tr/

 

 

United Kingdom

Service Restriction(s): 
As of March 1st, 2016 there is a pence per call surcharge applied to all incoming calls to geographical, non-geographical and Toll-Free numbers. To counteract this charge, any one number that receives more than 100 calls per day or 3,000 calls per month is subject to a $0.00037/call surcharge.

Toll-Free numbers are reachable from fix phones, mobiles and payphones.

Toll-Free may not be reachable from other countries than the United Kingdom.

Compatibility issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS on DID – Geographical numbers is supported on DIDs from all areas except in ARROCHAR, KETTERING, GLASGOW, LONDON and MANCHESTER. SMS on geographical numbers does not work from outside the UK.

Number porting is not available with all operators. Please verify the list of supported operators on the Porting section of our webportal.

International reachability issues exist for inbound voice and SMS on DID – Mobile numbers. Please use our ticketing system to report such issues as we are working on extending international reachability.

Local NRA(s) : 
Office of Communications (Ofcom) 44 20 7981 3000

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/

United States

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

In the event of a validation of the addresses failure, the errors in end-users records shall in no event be corrected in real-time.

Service Restriction(s): 
United States Toll-Free numbers by default are reachable from US mainland (48 states) and Canada.

Issues have been reported for international fax transmissions.

SMS is supported, however reachability issues from Telkomsel (Indonesia) and Telcel (Mexico) have been reported.

The maximum number of SMS messages a DID – Mobile number can send per day is limited to 500.

We accept a maximum of 4 SMS message per-second. Messages may be rejected if this rate is not respected.

SMS Outbound service cannot be used to access any 911 or similar emergency services. SMS Outbound is not intended to replace any primary phone service, such as a traditional landline or mobile phone that may be used to contact emergency services. If Customer or its end users send a text message using SMS Outbound to the emergency number 911, Global VoIP Communications will send a bounce back text message informing about the unavailability to deliver and contact the 911 emergency service via text. However, if Customer has not previously configured the number to receive any SMS (e.g. the number is not mapped to an SMS Link group or the number is mapped to an SMS link group without the link “from Global VoIP Communications” or “bi-directional” specification), Global VoIP Communications cannot send any bounce back text message to Customer or its end-users. Customer acknowledges this service limitation and shall inform the end-users about this restriction.

Local NRA(s) : 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 1 888 225 5322

http://www.fcc.gov/

 

Venezuela

Legal Restriction(s): 
Calling card providers must have an international long distance service Telecom License from CONATEL (Comision nacional de telecomunicaciones republica bolivariana de Venezuela).

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers from Venezuela are not reachable from foreign countries.

Local NRA(s) :
COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICACIONES (CONATEL) (+58) 0212 – 909.05.99 / 909.04.19

http://www.conatel.gob.ve/

Virgin Islands (u.s.)

Legal Restriction(s): 
No restriction reported.

Service Restriction(s): 
Toll-Free numbers are reachable from Virgin Islands (U.S.), Puerto Rico, US 48, Hawaii, Alaska, Canada and Caribbean

Local NRA(s) : 
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 1-888-225-5322

https://www.fcc.gov/