Full Control Of Viber And Skype Conversations to Be Introduced In Belarus

Operators and Internet Service Providers will be required to detect IP-telephony traffic and block it in case of violation of the transmission procedure.

Starting September 18 IP-telephony (in other words, calls via the Internet) will be under full control in Belarus. Operators and Internet Service Providers will be required to identify the IP-telephony traffic and block in case they detect admission order violations. All then IP-telephony software and hardware are subject to mandatory registration and the online resources visited by users will have to be stored and analyzed, tut.by writes.

The relevant rules are spelled out in the “Regulations on the order of counter measures to traffic transmission violations in telecommunication networks,” posted on the National Legal Internet Portal of Belarus. The document was approved by the Presidential Operational and Analytical Centre order of July 12, 2016 and will come into force on 18 September.