October 04, 2005
VoIP - beyond PCs
eBay’s acquisition of Skype has led industry watchers to believe that with customers switching over to VoIP in increasing numbers, the traditional telephony suppliers may get marginalized. VoIP allows the telephony software to be integrated with almost any application, for example a 3 megapixel digital camera by Samsung that also doubles as a phone, Ubistar provides memory sticks that come preloaded with a softphone. According to research conducted by Infonetics, 40% of those who have broadband connectivity will be using VoIP services by 2008. news.zdnet.com reports:
Softphones have become popular in corporate networks, especially among road warriors who travel for business. Softphone clients are sold as part of a larger corporate IP telephony solution from companies such as Cisco Systems, Avaya, Siemens and Nortel Networks.
Read More: VoIP wants to cut the computer cord
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