What Are the Predictions for VoIP?
Tech execs are confident consumers will soon radically alter how they make calls forever lessening the need for a phone line from a old school telecoms company. VoIP basically turns telephone calls into data which is transferred via an IP network, and due to this simplicity the future for VoIP seems promising.
From the very start when Skype emerged on the scene the industry has been vibrant. Google has entered the VoIP marketplace with an instant chat and voice application and is testing a Wi-Fi customer service that could help it deliver phone and information services to wireless devices.
The technology companies are already beginning to sell double function products such as cameras which appear standard but when a person slides the back of the camera down, there’s a keypad for making calls. Memory sticks that store from 64 megabytes to 1 gigabyte 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 summer Yahoo added improved Voice over IP calling to its Yahoo Messenger. Google has also released Google Talk. AOL has told the world it would be providing a 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.
It could be argued the phone companies will face a huge challenge with these momentous changes emerging with VoIP technology.
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