Category: VoIP

A new study suggests it will be a number of years before Wi-Fi phones, supposedly a revolutionary telephone technology, manage to fulfill expectations. Via [news.com.com]

An analyst firm has warned that increased deployment and aggressive pricing of WiFi wireless LANs could wipe out up to $12bn of profits for US operators. Via [electronicsweekly.com]

WiMAX, or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is becoming a force in the wireless access arena, at least in parts of the world, reports In-Stat. By 2008, worldwide sales for WiMAX equipment will be billions of dollars, but over half of it will be for Customer Premise Equipment. WiMAX, a new form of Broadband Wireless...

Voice is the application most likely to drive the popularity of wireless LANs in the enterprise and beyond, according to new research. Via [networks.silicon.com]

New Jersey-based VoIP provider Vonage announced today that it will soon be offering its subscribers a WiFi telephone that can be used to make calls over the internet at WiFi-enabled homes and public hot-spots. Via [voxilla.com]

Wi-LAN Inc., the Calgary, Alberta-based vendor of fixed wireless broadband services, has tapped media gateway maker Quintum Technologies Inc. as its integration partner for its voice-over-IP services. Via [eweek.com]

With services like those from Vonage, a user has to carry two phones, one for the Wi-Fi network and another for the cellular one. In response, handset vendors are developing integrated devices. Initially, these new dual-mode devices are expected to come with a high price tag. Via [technewsworld.com]

Wireless-network test-system developer Azimuth Systems today launched a benchmark test platform for testing VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) in Wi-Fi settings. The company claims that the W-Series wireless-LAN test platform validates both VoWLAN handsets and Wi-Fi infrastructure gear. Via [edn.com]

First there was Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, that nifty way for computer users to make free calls machine-to-machine anywhere in the world. Then came services like Skype and Vonage that, for a fee, let calls generated by a computer or a specially equipped phone connect to regular landline or mobile phones. Via [msnbc.msn.com]...

Net2Phone announced a new handset that lets users connect by Wi-Fi to the company's VoiceLine IP telephony service. Via [commweb.com]

When DoCoMo announced its dual mode, Wi-Fi and 3G handset, the N900iL (from NEC) back in July, it kept pretty quiet about the fact that it actually uses Linux instead of Symbian. The INQ only discovered this when searching for a picture of the handset now it's shipping. Linux is not mentioned in the tech...

BT plans to launch a Wifi-enabled mobile phone next year that will allow people to make cheap international calls from wireless hotspots across the world using Voice over IP (VoIP). Via [vnunet.com]

A decision by the Federal Communications Commission today to solidify the exemption of Internet calling from certain regulations could also cause tumult in the cellphone industry. Via [online.wsj.com]

The conditions are right for the widespread emergence of consumer voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) products, reports ABI Research in a new study. Via [cmpnetasia.com]

Scitec, known primarily for its line of telephones, has added IP-PBX and IP-Centrex systems and indoor/outdoor WiFi networking systems to its product portfolio. Via [commweb.com]