The Future of VoIP- VoIP 2.0
To me the most amazing change in the competitive landscape since I decided to launch Internet Telephony Magazine in 1997 is the mainstreaming of VoIP by major players in the market. Back then, my parent company, TMC, applied for the registered trademark on the term Internet Telephony and indeed now owns this mark.
After enduring a terrible tech and telecom downturn, now every day there are more stories about how VoIP is being adopted by this company or that. And we are talking about the top technology companies like Microsoft, AOL and Google.Even computer companies are getting into the mix. For example Sony Ericsson is touting a new headset, the HBH-608, and its ability to work with a Sony VAIO notebook allows users to make VoIP calls with the bluetooth headset.
Every company is trying to ride on the coattails of VoIP and to me it’s amazing. This leads me to believe for sure that the future of VoIP is VoIP 2.0, where we focus more on services and not on cut-rate pricing. This is now an inevitability, not a hypothesis. Google, Microsoft and Skype are software companies providing primarily a free service. Where do they have to go but to add more features and new services? That is the holy grail of VoIP and these behemoths will get us there faster.
VoIP 2.0 is the evolution of VoIP and it will allow everyone to take advantage of more flexibility, more customization and more powerful features. Conferencing and do not disturb functions are simple services that we have today. I expect widespread adoption of other services that allow a caller to dial a single number and be connected to a workgroup instantaneously. This workgroup can be anywhere and will be connected by cell phone, land line or VoIP.
A new VoIP company to launch this week.
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