Comments on: Is Apple planning its own mobile voice service?

By: Trent Johnsen

Trent Johnsen — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:54:12 +0000

Apple would require something newer and more efficient than SIP and hookflash has built it. “Open Peer” that powers the hookflash voice, video and text engine will be available very soon in the 1st client – hookflash for iPad. Stay tuned.

By: Steve Ardire

Steve Ardire — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:39:04 +0000

>The one acronym to focus on is IMS, which is a key component of the One Voice initiative that many of the world’s largest operators have adopted to migrate voice from circuit-switched systems to all-IP voice networks. The U.S. in particular is gung ho about IMS.

IP Multimedia Subsystem – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://bit.ly/GMPpMR

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:58:31 +0000

There is money is selling iPhones, but Apple doesn’t typically monetize the services. For example, their version of text messages helps consumer reduce costs.

By: Lynne Gregg

Lynne Gregg — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:46:34 +0000

I believe that Apple has to extend the functionality of Facetime in order to compete with other VOIP apps like Skype, Webex, etc. There’s revenue there and AAPL wants it.

By: AlexMex

AlexMex — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:01:14 +0000

but doesn’t FaceTime already transmit voice and video? what would be the point other than to optimize the way it handles said video and voice.

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:29:03 +0000

You don’t think? :)

I think you’re right Andrew. I don’t think Apple wants to cut ties to their voice services completely, but you do get the impression that it views them as a necessary inconvenience.

By: Andrew Gormley

Andrew Gormley — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:06:27 +0000

This seems like the next logical step for Apple. The Next Web touched on this exact idea a few months back (http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/10/28/the-next-disruptive-iphone-feature-high-definition-audio-calls/) and dubbed the feature “VoiceTime” for the sake of example.

It would likely be tied to your Apple ID much like iMessages and FaceTime are to keep things simple, then Apple could automatically detect if the person you’re calling has a capable device and switch over to their network. This would make international calling free between iPhone users and no doubt provide a huge boost to call quality with the use of a more advanced codec. Of course this would probably piss off the carriers, but I don’t think Apple really ever had their best interests in mind anyway.

By: Peter Deep

Peter Deep — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:51:14 +0000

Thank you for catching that! Those misplaced apostrophes bug the hell out of me.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:32:18 +0000

Apple needs to do something those costs continue to spiral for the consumer, cost for data especially. How long will the consumer continue to support Apple with these continued increases costs?

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:52:20 +0000

I bet you’re right Tal. If they go the Apple device-to-Apple device route, it will likely cross international borders (just not platform borders).