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Voice Over Wi-Fi
White Papers Now Wi-Fi extends to voice - known as Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi). This technology is called Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi). This new technology allows people to communicate wirelessly by voice over enterprise networks and the Internet - and a major force...
[August 2, 2005, 6:00]
BT to trial voice-over-Wi-Fi for Bluephone 2
News Its work with Tatara is understood to centre on the development of a device - dubbed 'Bluephone 2' by market insiders - that uses Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth. The trial of the voice-over-WLAN (VoWLAN) technology is due to begin in April this year at...
[March 15, 2005, 14:30]
Analyst sees big future for VoIP-over-3G
News VoIP-over-3G will be far more successful than the voice-over-Wi-Fi approach being touted by many communications providers, a new report suggests. However, as Bubley suggested to ZDNet.co.uk on Friday, voice-over-Wi-Fi "doesn't do anything about...
[November 16, 2007, 15:12]
BlackBerry tunes into Wi-Fi
News With the gradually growing number of Wi-Fi wireless network installations in large businesses and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) trials on those networks, RIM has been testing built-in Wi-Fi connectivity in its BlackBerry devices, the company...
[December 9, 2003, 8:00]
BlackBerry gets a taste of Wi-Fi
News But there are conflicting views about whether voice over Wi-Fi is genuinely close to being adopted by many firms. Because the 7270 will support VoIP, enterprises with Wi-Fi networks will be able to deploy it to staff and make them contactable...
[October 19, 2004, 13:35]
Beware the Skype-iPhone hype-fest
Blog Skype takes voice traffic and routes it over a Wi-Fi hotspot, or your home or office Wi-Fi network. The mobile operators make no money out of voice over Wi-Fi: they make money out of voice calls and data traffic routed over their cellular networks.
[April 3, 2009, 18:03]
Souped-up Wi-Fi handset includes Web browsing and email
News The Wi-Fi phone market is set to heat up, with a maker announcing a handset that can do Web browsing and email, in addition to voice. It will operate only when in the hotspot of a Wi-Fi (802.11b) access point, according to Nikkei Electronics Asia...
[July 2, 2003, 9:19]
Wi-Fi phone promises seamless switching
News Armed with the appropriate software, such gadgets could eventually use a home's Wi-Fi access point to make phone calls using the Internet -- technology known as voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP -- rather than a traditional home phone line.
[July 27, 2004, 8:50]
i-mate SP5 review
Reviews Potential uses for this include wireless synchronisation (although Wi-Fi synchronisation is not supported in the version of ActiveSync that ships with the SP5), Voice over IP (VoIP) and Web browsing. In the absence of a bundled VoIP client, we...
[November 3, 2005, 14:30]
CiceroPhone for Windows Mobile Pocket PC review
Reviews Thereafter, placing calls to both landlines and mobile phones over Wi-Fi was a transparent process -- you simply tap in the number and hit the Call button as usual, and the system works out what you're doing and selects the appropriate networks.
[November 25, 2005, 14:45]
O2 Xda IQ review
Reviews Wi-Fi could potentially be used for making Voice over IP (VoIP) calls. ActiveSync does not allow for device synchronisation over Wi-Fi: this was present in the previous version of ActiveSync, but was removed in version 4.0 and upwards -- which is...
[June 29, 2006, 13:50]
Wireless VoIP set to boom
News The rise of dual-mode handsets which switch between mobile phone and Wi-Fi networks is seen as a positive step for the voice over wireless LANs. In 2004, worldwide revenue from dual-mode handsets hit $6.7m (£3.7m) and from all Wi-Fi VoIP handsets...
[August 23, 2005, 16:35]
Wireless VoIP hopes receding
News Wi-Fi phones combine two very hot and potent technologies -- Wi-Fi and voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) software. A new study suggests it will be a number of years before Wi-Fi phones manage to fulfil expectations.
[February 8, 2005, 16:00]
Skype revisits Rabbit with free Wi-Fi deal
News This offers free calls over Wi-Fi, rather than paying to use a mobile," said Zennström. It is also unclear what level of quality of service Skype users will get over Wi-Fi, as customers will have to share the available bandwidth with other...
[March 4, 2005, 12:15]
VoIP: Not just about free calls
News BT is developing a converged mobile device called the Bluephone, which it hopes will eventually handle calls over Wi-Fi, GSM and Bluetooth. In America, though, the appeal is that wireless VoIP can let users make calls in places where GSM coverage...
[April 22, 2005, 11:45]
BT on the verge of launching Bluephone
News Because UMA allows an operator to charge these calls over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as mobile calls, some in the industry are concerned that users could be billed at mobile rates when they use Bluephone as a home phone.
[June 9, 2005, 15:45]
Avaya and Nokia release dual-mode SIP client
News He also claimed that its ability to retain PBX functionality — such as call transfer, conferencing and so on — in both Wi-Fi and GSM modes gave it an edge over competitors such as Cisco and Alcatel, whose clients concentrate solely on Wi-Fi.
[October 2, 2007, 17:27]
Wireless Wakeups Revisited: Energy Management for VoIP Over Wi-Fi Smartphones
White Papers However, the high energy consumption of Wi-Fi interfaces, especially when a device is idle, presents a significant barrier to the widespread adoption of VoIP over Wi-Fi. In enterprise Wi-Fi environments, VoIP is a compelling application for devices...
[May 23, 2007, 1:00]
VoFi: Taking VOIP Wireless
White Papers Voice over Wireless -- the merging of VoIP and Wi-Fi -- is expected to be the "next big thing" in wireless communications. A recent study showed that more than 75% of network operators and service providers surveyed have identified mobile VoIP or...
[July 27, 2007, 4:27]
Cisco Teams With Intel, Nokia and RIM to Bring Voice-Ready Wireless Networks to the Enterprise
White Papers Building upon the explosive growth and widespread adoption of Voice-over-IP (VoIP), and Wi-Fi networks, Cisco's voice-ready wireless capabilities of Cisco Compatible Extensions create the foundation for enterprise organizations that want to...
[June 2, 2006, 0:00]
