March 30, 2006
Dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi phones will give serious challenge to VoIP
According to Forrester Research's latest report, "Fixed- Mobile Services Will Lead Technology Convergence," more than 50 percent of 615 companies surveyed by the analysts showed a keen interest in dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi phone sets. It must be borne in mind that these handsets have not yet been introduced in the market.
The major telecom operators have their plans ready. For example, you have Verizon with its EVDO 3G service. Then there is the behemoth, AT&T's branded mobile services on Cingular Wireless' network Forrester Research predicts that by 2008, big system integrators like EDS to join the fixed-mobile business, aiming straight for the business end of the market.
Moreover, mobile operators will soon start laying out IP Multimedia Subsystem-based (IMS-based) services. Think about it for a second: if business users can access IP telephony on their Verizon handsets, why will they invest in a telephony server?
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