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Mobile and Wireless VoIP

Mobile and wireless VoIP will be very common in the near future. See how VoIP can take advantage of the the different wireless technologies, and how you can benefit from it.

Share Your WiMAX Experience

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VoIP and WiMAX – An Ideal Blend?

VoIP and WiMAX – An Ideal Blend? In this article, we see how VoIP and WiMAX can make an ideal blend for future communications. We look at the following: the need for wide area wireless broadband, the WiMAX opportunity, WiMAX challenges, how VoIP may save WiMAX, and how to get started with VoIP over WiMAX.

Using WiMAX Technology

Using WiMAX Technology - WiMAX is a wireless technology for wide area networks that offers Internet connectivity for large areas. In this article, we explore WiMAX considering its requirements, performance and cost.

What is WiMax?

What is WiMax - WiMax stands for WorldWide Interoperability for Microwave Access and is technically referred to by the IEEE as 802.16. It is a wireless wide area network (WAN) that can cover what DSL lines can cover, but without wires. It can give Internet connectivity to computers in the way GSM has given phone connectivity to mobile phones and made them replace fixed landline phones.

What is a Femtocell?

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WiFi – WiFi Explained

WiFi Explained - WiFi (also written Wi-Fi) stands for Wireless Fidelity. WiFi is a wireless network technology that allows computers and other devices to be connected to each other into a LAN and to the Internet without wires and cables. WiFi is also referred to as WLAN, which stands for wireless LAN, and 802.11, which is the technical code for the protocol.

Hotspot – What is a Hotspot?

Hotspot - A hotspot is a small area that gives wireless Internet access through WiFi. WiFi (also written Wi-Fi) is a wireless technology that allows LANs to be set up without wires between devices. So to have a hotspot, you only need to have a wireless router connected to a broadband Internet line. The router will generate the WiFi signals in a sphere and any WiFi-enabled computer or device in that sphere, which is finally the region of the hotspot, can connect while being inside it.

GSM - GSM Definition

GSM - GSM is also known as cellular network and is the main protocol for communication using mobile phones. GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communication.

MO-Call Mobile VoIP Service Review

MO-Call Mobile VoIP Service Review - MO-Call is a VoIP service that allows you to use your mobile phone to make cheap or free international calls using your GSM network. You can use MO-Call VoIP service on over 1600 mobile models, including BlackBerry models and the iPhone.

What is MiFi - MiFi Defined

What is MiFi? MiFi definition with its advantages and disadvantages. MiFi is a small device that allows you to carry a Wi-Fi hotspot along with you and remain connected anywhere you go.

MiFi Intelligent Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot 2200 and 2352 Review

MiFi Intelligent Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot 2200 and 2352 Review – MiFi is a small and portable wireless device that gives its carrier a permanent Wi-Fi hotspot wherever he/she goes, thereby remaining connected to the Internet. Developed by Novatel, the MiFi is also called ‘intelligent mobile hotspot’. With a MiFi in a person’s pocket or bag, that cloud remains present everywhere the person goes. Moreover the Wi-Fi cloud allows up to 5 persons to get connected.

Which VoIP Service Makes You Save More on BlackBerry Calls?

Which VoIP Service Makes You Save More on BlackBerry Calls? Share your experience here and see other people's.

UMA Explained

UMA stands for Unlicensed Mobile Access. It is a wireless technology that allows seamless transition between wireless WANS (e.g. GSM, 3G, EDGE, GPRS, etc.) and wireless LAN (e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth). This means that a user can initiate a call over GSM, for example, and the calls switches from the GSM network to the office’s Wi-Fi network once the user walks into range. And vice-versa.

What Is 3G? | 3G Wireless Technology Defined

3G is a popular wireless network used mainly with mobile phones for mobile connectivity. In this article, 3G is defined and presented in both technical and practical ways.

RF.com Review - Adding Mobility To Your VoIP Services Through Your GSM Network

RF.com is an application that allows you to use your mobile anywhere there is a GSM network to make VoIP calls. You do that through using your existing residential account with Vonage, Gizmo etc., or for free to services like Skype, GoogleTalk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and other IM-based voice calling services, even without an actual account with the service.

Truphone Review

Truphone review - Truphone is a mobile VoIP service that, through a free application that is installed on a mobile phone, allows users to make free or cheap local and international calls from their mobile phones. The main target users of Truphone are iPhone and BlackBerry users, while it also aims at those using high-end business phones or smart phones.

How Can I Make Free Skype Calls On My Mobile Phone?

Free Skype Mobile Calls - Here are ways in which you can make completely free calls on your mobile phone using Skype, to call people locally or internationally. Skype is not that much enhanced for mobile calling, but its popularity requires it to be mobile for so many people.

Vopium Review - Cheap International Calls Seamlessly Over A Mobile Phone

Vopium Review - Vopium offers very cheap international calls over a mobile phone through VoIP. It has the advantage of not requiring an Internet connection through a data plan or Wi-Fi, as it uses the GSM network primarily to route calls through IP networks. Vopium also offers 30 minutes of free calling for trial.

Turning Your iPod Touch Into A Phone

Here is how you can turn your Apple iPod Touch into a mobile phone and make free or cheap local and international calls on it.

Yackie Mobile VoIP Service Review

Mobile VoIP - Making and receiving cheap mobile calls is possible today, but the requirements are still obstacle. Yackie Mobile puts VoIP on a SIM card, thus making cheap mobile telephony more practical and convenient.

VoIP For Mobile Phones

If you intend to considerably cut down the cost of your mobile calls, here is a list of VoIP services that can allow you to save up to 95% on mobile communication. Part of some services are even free.

Getting VoIP Working on Your Palm Treo

The Treo is both a smartphone and a PDA (personal digital assistant). That is, apart from being a full-fledged and full-featured phone, it is also an organizer, a media center, calculator etc. It is a perfect example of a communication convergence device. VoIP on Treo adds more features to the machine …

What is BlackBerry?

BlackBerry - Learn more about BlackBerry, the handheld device primarily designed for email, with many other functions.

VoIP on BlackBerry

VoIP on BlackBerry - How to power up your BlackBerry device to make cheap or free calls, both local and international.

Packet8's MobileTalk Review

MobileTalk is a mobile service from Packet8 that uses VoIP to route international mobile calls to any phone at a cheap rate. The interesting thing is that it does not require a data network like Wi-Fi or 3G, and works using your cell phone carrier.

VoIP For Mobile Phones - Hardware or Software Based?

Mobile VoIP | Hardware or Software Based? A comparison between two of the most prominent VoIP services for mobile phones: Packet8 MobileTalk vs Yeigo.

Running VoIP on a Wireless LAN

Wireless VoIP is the deployment of VoIP over a wireless LAN, using the Wi-Fi technology. It has got the great advantage of mobility, but suffers form someo shortcomings as well.

VoIP and Pocket PCs

The demand for pockets PC’s have taken the lift lately. Pocket PCs allow you to have full connectivity while on the move. Wi-Fi is a privileged wireless technology for getting connectivity to pocket PCs. Read on the use of VoIP on pockets PCs.

Wi-Fi: The Most Commonly Used Wireless Technology

Wi-Fi is a very common wireless technology that was developed in the 1990s. It is used to connect machines in a LAN. So, Wi-Fi is like a wireless version of Ethernet.

Top 4 Wireless Routers

Top 4 Wireless Routers on the market

VoIP on Cell Phones: Read the Fine Print

As low-priced Internet phone services for mobile devices emerge, users should first check the fine print in their cell phone contracts to see if they can take advantage of such offerings. There's a chance they can't.

Mobile Computing: Voice Mail and E-Mail Together

One feature commonly found in Voice over IP services is of particular benefit to mobile professionals: unified messaging. Unified messaging services put faxes, e-mail, and voice mail in one inbox.

Mobile Computing: More VoIP Options

Learn about more interesting and compelling ways of using Internet tehephony, while you are on the move.
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