The topic of the paper is Legal Reglamentation of VoIP Telephony in Lithuania. VoIP telephony’s nowadays spread and popularity scores an interest and debates not only between it’s consumers but also between legal regulators. VoIP is the main and rather often discussed topic of international and national forums, which aim to develop its proper regulation. The main aim of this paper is to internationally analyse VoIP’s legal regulation and to survey its associated problems. Foreign countries’ experience helps to formulate basic guidelines of Lithuanian VoIP legal regulation. Namely: numbering, numbers portability, calls to emergency services, calls to other telephone numbers, safety of VoIP calls and its associated problems.

Raktažodžiai: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony, VoIP services provider, traditional voice telephony, legal regulation of VoIP telephony