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Wireless VOIP Driver or Dud?

Wireless VOIP (wVOIP) is an interesting concept. Skype on your smartphone, or other wireless Internet connected device, is probably the best way to describe wVOIP (with all due respect to the folks at Vonage...).

Recently, I ran across two articles/posting with ideas about the drivers of wVOIP. One talks about how municipal wireless networks will be a key driver in the adoption of wVOIP in particular for public safety organizations. The other article talks about the CEO of T-Mobile International doesn't see wVOIP as being a particular driver for customer adoption, or rather competitor to voice mobile services.

In my opinion, both views could be correct. Municipal public safety organizations will probably jump on the opportunities offered on the build out of muni-WiFi networks. Also, in the short-term, mobile smartphone users will probably find the voice quality and service associated with true wireless voice services from the telecom service provider. However, in the long-term; I see the data services flexibility of smartphones creating competition for those voice services.

  Posted by jmyers on February 15, 2007 1:12 PM |

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