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VoIP (Voice
over Internet Protocol)
VoWiFi:
Mobile VoIP Phones
by Jeff Cohen
Mobile
VoIP phones are known as VoWiFi. VoIP stands for
Voice over Internet Protocol. VoIP is the technology of
sending audio as data packets over the Internet. Wi Fi
stands for wireless fidelity. This is the technology used
to create wireless networks. VoWiFi stands for
Voice over Wireless Fidelity. It is the combination
of using wireless VoIP networks to communicate on VoWiFi
enabled telephones. Wireless devices include laptops, PDAs,
and wireless mobile phones. Wireless VoIP phones connect
to an Internet connection through various access points
or hotspots. The phones operate on radio signals and when
they are in the vicinity of the network’s access points,
they will pick up the signal, access the Internet, and
log on.
Because
of a lack of overall security with many wireless networks, VoWiFi
still has a ways to go before it is convincing people in
droves to sign up for its services. In fact, it is frequently
known that when someone is using a wireless network, they
can easily jump on another Internet network connection
simply by visiting another “hotspot”. Before VoWiFi can
really become a serious challenge to cellular phone users,
the issue of security not only needs to be addressed, but
it will also need to be corrected. There are other issues
that also need to be addressed. For instance, since a hotspot
only has a length of 90 Meters before losing connection,
many users do not see VoWiFi immediately replacing their
cellular carriers.
Yet, many
users are finding it productive to carry Hybrid phones. These
phones are both dual VoWiFi and cellular. By using a Hybrid
phone, users can take advantage of their cellular phone
service, and then they can easily jump onto a network using
their VoWiFi and the applicable hotspot, and save fees
on roaming charges. For example, a user may be speaking
on their cellular phone, then if they get in their car
and drive out of the range provided by their telephone
provider, they would be charged roaming fees. If however,
they can find an access point, they can jump onto a Wireless
Network and avoid roaming fees altogether. Currently, there
are no taxes or roaming charges associated with any of
VoIP services.
There
will be many more advances in the future for VoWiFi. There
are already many companies embracing VoWiFi, and other
companies are addressing the needs for more stringent wireless
security. For example, there are higher security networks
in place now, that will decrease the chance of others tapping
into your access points. For many wireless users, this
has been the preferred method of wireless access.
As
it is now, a VoWiFi phone is still more expensive
than a standard cellular phone, but as the technology
advances, price will most likely go down. Everyone is embracing
the ability to integrate video, data, audio, and web browsing
capabilities with their phones. VoWiFi also integrates wireless
VoIP networking to the package. Since this method is extremely
cost efficient as well as beneficial, there is no reason
to suspect that this service will decrease in the future.
As
with the future of all VoIP products and services, the
FCC and US government is racing to provide rules and regulations.
It truly is a technology that is on the cutting edge of innovation.
In the past, all of the nation’s telephony needs were Circuit
Switched and based on the PSTN network. Today however, VoIP
is rewriting the rules of telecommunications. And just when
it seems that cellular phone services have worked out all
of their issues, along comes mobile VoIP with a whole new
set of problems. Besides security issues, there are other
problems besetting VoWiFi, such as weak batteries, the inability
to sustain a connection outside of a hotspot or 90 meter
range, and the cost of a VoWiFi phone is still expensive.
Yet the idea of integrating video, digital cameras, web cams,
Email, web based applications, and mobile phones is exciting
consumers world wide. And the onset of VoIP is even more
thrilling for the potential benefits and savings. The conception
of the two technologies into one super phone is hardly a
surprise. In the next few years, expect to see many new hybrid
and VoWiFi phones appearing on the local consumer market
for sale.
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