VoIP has the mindshare if not the market share. Asian hardware makers are planning to change all that with a whole slew of low cost easy to use offerings that marry VoIP services to cordless phones, some with colorful LCD screens, that run-off WiFi networks. At Computex, a major tradeshow in Taiwan, dozens of companies were showing off gizmos specifically designed for Skype and other SIP-based phone services. Of course there were others who were showing off dual mode – WiFi + Cellular – handsets. Vonage has announced that it is going to be working with Uniden to make wireless VoIP sets as well. But in reality, with SkypeOut/SkypeIN, and all this love from the hardware community, Skype is a much bigger threat to not only Vonage but to traditional carriers as well. After all if you can buy a $50 Skype Wireless phone, that works like a cordless phone….oh baby!
Subscriber content
?
Subscriber content comes from Gigaom Research, bridging the gap between breaking news and long-tail research. Visit any of our reports to learn more and subscribe.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
["wijax_6c0e35bc679b882a1c1ac33690d9dfc7","wijax_a173f2fea0e4bf8490bec4e625ed344e"]
{"source":"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2005\/06\/06\/voip-the-hardware-game\/wijax\/49e8740702c6da9341d50357217fb629","varname":"wijax_9bab7c2154bc43daccdfa0b36eeb8f09","title_element":"header","title_class":"widget-title","title_before":"%3Cheader%20class%3D%22widget-title%22%3E","title_after":"%3C%2Fheader%3E"}
{"source":"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2005\/06\/06\/voip-the-hardware-game\/wijax\/49e8740702c6da9341d50357217fb629","varname":"wijax_9bab7c2154bc43daccdfa0b36eeb8f09","title_element":"header","title_class":"widget-title","title_before":"%3Cheader%20class%3D%22widget-title%22%3E","title_after":"%3C%2Fheader%3E"}
Comments have been disabled for this post