Clamp on rogue Net phone firms

The sites are used by hundreds of Internet shops that provide low call rates to customers, undercutting the cheapest available on a variety of calling cards, said sources.

The crackdown comes following a Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) directive to Internet service providers (ISP's) to block two other similar websites because they were not licensed last Thursday.

The official said that in the end

The official said that in the end, such businesses may not be able to sell cut-price services but could be allowed to offer them "very close" to what was available through calling cards.