Skype is expected to announce a deal in the next couple of days that it will be partnering with wireless service provider 3 to sell the Internet telephone companies first wireless phone.
It’s not hard to see that eventually Voip will take over for all land based phones, but could this announcement launch them into the ever competitive cell market? I think so. Within the next few years I wouldn’t be surprised to see Voip cell phones start to creep into the mainstream cellular market. It’s cheaper technology (no need to rebuild current networks), and it’s a great way to share information much faster than what is available now.
But can Voip actually compete with the “market monsters” in the USA – AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon? Only time will tell, but in this world of ever-changing technology you either have to do it first, or do it best. I believe that Skype might just be able to do it best.
Bryan – EJ News
Cool, I can see a new industry booming – voip ringtones! Damn, voipringtones.com has already gone
Yaro I love to hear when Skype hav a new development. Those guys are CLEVER. Also that 3 is their partner. I have been watching 3 over a while now and they have competed in quite novel ways. Let’s wait and see what happens
It’s very possible, especially with the rapid development of Wimax (citywide wireless networks that provide broadband Internet access). Most cities are supposed to have access by the middle of 2008 in the US.
Eventually, everything is supposed to be routed through it — Internet, cell phones, cable television. It’s supposed to replace everything that requires wires, except electricity.
Skype is a natural competitor. I’ve actually been expecting this for a couple of years now.
Being Canadian, I will settle for a simple iPhone at this point. But then it is gPhone all the way baby!
That is really cool, I’ll be one of the first to try their service out
I love skypee… only thing is, when recording interviews using its hotrecorder plugin, I hear myself only in the left channel and the interviewee in the right.
What service do you use Yaro?
I think that the cost of the service have a strong impact in the future of telephony… And VoIP have a great potential to become the most cheaper way to talk by cell phone.
Jon, that’s an interesting point about WiMax. Did you notice that Cisco bought Navini earlier this week? With Intel in the Wimax game, and now Cisco, Wimax could really take off. Of course there are a lot of obstacles with a different wireless protocol, but it could be interesting.
Lipton – I used to use hotrecorder and you can change it to mono using Audacity so your voice comes out of both sides.
Nowadays though I use pamela, which comes with Skype.
This would be one of the best things ever to happen. Ah, just can’t wait for the day when we’ll have voIP cells in wide circulations. I just love voIP due to the fact it being much cheaper…
Looking forward to the Skype cell phones. I really like using the online version right now.
I’m pretty psyched about it myself!
Google Phone,
Isn’t google going to provide wimax service to all major cities…
also offering free calls…on condition of…
1. reqlinquising anonymity eg. you are profiled.
2. hearing audio ads instead of ringtones!
dan
ZETZ
’m pretty psyched about it myself!