Wireless and Mobile VoIP
If you’re following VoIP news you’re probably also following news about municipal wireless networks, or muni WiFi. San Francisco, Houston and other cities had been slated to begin setting up their networks with Earthlink, which recently pulled out of the deals; big news in the tech world. However, as this article points out, muni WiFi is far from dead. This technology is progressing so quickly that cheaper, efficient models are already becoming available, including the powerful long-range WiMax. Keep paying attention to these developments. Once WiFi starts really going in and they work out all the kinks, VoIP will experience a SURGE of new users. And if you can help people get it for free, AND show them how to even make some money on it, you’ll be a hero.
Another future development that pertains to VoIP, which will also snowball as muni-WiFi gets going, is mobile Wifi. There’s a lot of talk out there right now about dual-use handsets, that can switch between cellular and wireless networks. Some companies are even coming out with WiFi-only mobile phones, but most tech researchers think the market for those is a bit farther out. However there is no doubt that eventually, this will be the technology of the day all around. And who knows – developments in technology seem so sped up these days one hesitates to predict how quickly these changes will take place.
