IP calling provider Skype was at World Telemedia Prague last week to announce that it has unblocked its services from accessing premium rate numbers around the world — effectively opening up the PRS world to international calling from anywhere. (...)
While this news may be greeted with joy in the traditional PRS world, it poses a massive problem for service providers, regulators, governments and, especially Skype itself. Lack of any clear regulation will leave Skype vulnerable to scams and, despite bringing 220million users to the PRS table, such a high profile, household name runs the risk of severe fall out should any scams be perpetrated through Skype access of PRS numbers.
