Although this list may change from time to time, depending on legislation changes in each country, here is a list of countries that currently block VoIP calls.
Country | Restriction | 
Belize  | Only offers government owned VoIP service  | 
Brazil  | Only allows VoIP calling through government owned services. Brazil Telecom blocks Skype but allows VoIP calling through their own services.  | 
Caribbean Region  | Blocks VoIP and Skype. Countries that use Cable & Wireless (the largest telecommunications provider) are blocked from using Skype  | 
China  | Blocks all VoIP services except those done through China Unicom and China Telecom.  | 
Cuba  | Citizens have little to no access to computers, mobiles are very expensive and the internet connection expensive is too slow.  | 
Egypt  | The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Egypt denied blocking any VoIP applications, but users are facing difficulties to make calls through them without VPN.  | 
Jordan  | Blocks Skype and VoIP.  | 
Mexico  | Some ISPs block VoIP services (as they offer their own VoIP service).  | 
Pakistan  | Blocks VoIP Companies and freelancers with at least one static IP and a verification letter from their business, can submit their their application to have their IP whitelisted: https://www.pta.gov.pk/category/1-where-application-for-ip-whitelisting-and-vpn-registration-can-be-registered-698797135-2023-05-30   | 
South Korea  | Connections with VoIP apps are unpredictable at best.  | 
North Korea  | Blocks VoIP  | 
Kuwait  | Blocks VoIP and Skype  | 
UAE  | Blocks VoIP and Skype  | 
Oman  | Blocks VoIP and Skype  | 
Morocco  | Blocks VoIP  | 
Paraguay  | Blocks VoIP and Skype  | 
Jordan  | Blocks VoIP and Skype  | 
Israel  | Blocks VoIP  | 
Qatar  | Blocks VoIP and Skype  | 
 
						 
						
						Article ID: 114, Created: 12/4/2020 at 12:17 PM, Modified: 9/11/2024 at 8:20 AM