Category: VoIP

Wired and wireless ISPs are preparing for a healthy debate over the future of VoIP, WiMAX and other provider issues as ISPCON rolls into Silicon Valley this week. Via [internetnews.com]

Two major VoIP providers took steps Monday to further unwire Net-based phoning, traditionally a service tethered by wires. Via [news.com.com]

SBC Communications Inc. will use its growing roster of public Wi-Fi access points as a springboard for Cingular Wireless services, including advanced phones and voice services using Internet technology. Via [reuters.co.uk]

Both wireless LAN (WLAN) and VoIP technology are quickly maturing, but mix them together and problems can cascade. The two technologies are hardly meant for each other, but with enough effort and expertise, they can work well together. Via [searchnetworking.techtarget.com]

Linksys is working with telecoms operators to offer its Voice over IP (VoIP) adaptors to home users in Europe. Via [vnunet.com]

Everyone likes to get something for nothing, so the combination of Internet telephony and open wireless access can seem irresistible. Imagine a wireless phone that can work with networks all over the world, without needing a subscription to a service provider. Via [networkmagazine.com]

Chipmaker Texas Instruments (TI) has announced the integration of voice over WLAN with a popular processing architecture it uses in many cellular phones. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

The Motorola CN620 dual-mode phone is a "good start" for users wanting to roam between cellular and 802.11 networks, but vendors should find some way of making these devices work at public Wi-Fi hotspots, a Canadian research analyst says. Via [itbusiness.ca]

Doctors and nurses at Silicon Valley's El Camino Hospital use Wi-Fi not just to send e-mail, but also to talk to each other. Cutting-edge Wi-Fi phones have replaced pagers and intercoms in many parts of the high-tech hospital. The portable phones, which resemble walkie-talkies, run on new technology that may soon become an alternative to...

Fourteen mobile phone makers, telcos and others announced their intention to publish specifications that they claim will allow 802.11-equipped handsets to make calls via Wi-Fi hotspots. Via [theregister.co.uk]

IT managers eager to hear more about forthcoming phones and services that will allow users to roam between Wi-Fi and cellular networks may be in for a long wait. Via [eweek.com]

Vonage and Netgear have teamed up to develop broadband telephony products due in time for the holidays, according to sources familiar with the deal. Via [news.com.com]

Cellular carriers are creating "push to talk" services that travel over Wi-Fi networks, federal regulators say--a move that could expand the one-push cell phone calls to VoIP systems. Via [zdnet.com.com]

People who seek anytime, anywhere Internet access face trade-offs between 3G service over cell phones and high-speed WiFi data "hot spots." Could high-quality phone calls over wireless networks tip the scales in favor of WiFi? Via [technologyreview.com]

Cellphone makers plan to release so-called Wi-Fi phones ahead of schedule, bringing new threats and opportunities to wireless carriers and traditional phone service providers. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]