How Are the Big Companies Introducing VoIP?
October 11th, 2008
Technology executives are confident consumers will soon change how they make phone calls reducing the need for a phone line from a traditional provider. VoIP essentially turns telephone calls into just another piece of software running over an IP network, and due to this simplicity the future for VoIP seems pregnant with possibilites.
Ever since Skype introduced software for voice calls on computers the industry has been buzzing. Google has entered the internet telephony market with an IM and voice application and is testing a wireless customer service that could help it deliver phone and information services to wireless devices.
The tech companies are already beginning to launch double purpose products such as cameras which appear standard but when a person slides the back of the camera down, it reveals a full keyboard. Memory sticks preloaded with a softphone are also now available. They come with a microphone and earphones.
Companies such as Google, Yahoo, and EarthLink have already played around with this technology. Last spring Yahoo added improved VoIP calling to its Yahoo Messenger. Google has debuted Google Talk. AOL announced it would be offering its VoIP service called TotalTalk. AOL’s TotalTalk will essentially let people replace their traditional landlines. It has advanced communication features, such as unified voice, e-mail and instant messaging, and call-management.
Its probably accurate to say the phone companies will face a huge challenge with these momentous changes emerging with VoIP technology.
