The Future of Wireless VoIP

[magisu]

Bringing

voice-over-IP (VoIP) service to CDMA customers, the news was the latest milestone in a technology set to turn upside downs the entire wireless industry. If the analog telephone rang in a new way of person-to-person communications and cell phones marked the age of mobile talk, VoIP ushers in digital, Internet-based global wireless telephony.

Until recently, VoIP meant using a Web-based service requiring you be tied to a desktop computer and suffer inferior quality audio with little application beyond the home consumer. Today, every major wireless carrier is involved in VoIP projects, quality has improved and most importantly corporations have become interested -- very interested -- in VoIP.

The basic difference between traditional analog telephone calls and calls made with VoIP is the way your voice is transmitted. When you call a friend in New York, a dedicated circuit is reserved for your conversation. With VoIP, your voice is cut into multiple packets, takes the most efficient path along the Internet and is then reassembled when it reaches your friend. Analysts predict within five years, 75 percent of voice calls will use VoIP. In addition, the calling fee of VOIP is cheaper than telecom. It can save a half of money. Maybe this is very important.

For wireless VoIP to work requires either packet-based 2.5G or 3G networks, which is what Qualcomm's QChat technology will use. The other option is 802.11 WLAN and is where the real excitement over VoIP lies. Wireless market analysts at Frost & Sullivan say VoIP will drive the WLAN market from $217 million in 2000 to $558 million by 2007. Why? Corporations see VoIP recouping the costs spent integrating WLANs into business networks. Anyway, Voip has a bright future!

[Slapman]

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