Comments on: Why Mobile Carriers should adopt Mobile VoIP or VoIP over 3G? [Opinion]

By: Alok Saboo

Alok Saboo — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:28:19 +0000

Can't agree more with you…guess its not in the distant future that wireless networks will surpass the GSM network

By: Alok Saboo

Alok Saboo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:28:19 +0000

Can't agree more with you…guess its not in the distant future that wireless networks will surpass the GSM network

By: Mikkel

Mikkel — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:12:33 +0000

With the rapid expansion in IP wireless networks (Wifi, 4G, LTE, Wimax, etc.) it won't be long until the question of voice quality will be turned upside down. It will be easy for mobile voip providers to upgrade to HD voice, while GSM really don't have the capacity. And then the carriers have to adapt to avoid being the ones with the inferior product (which I by the way believe that they are – they are just not pushing it yet).

By: Alok Saboo

Alok Saboo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:17:51 +0000

Tsahi..thanks for stopping by!!

Although I see your point, I have a slightly different take on it. When carriers are able to support all the bandwidth guzzling apps already available, I will be surprised if they are not able to handle voice calls on their data network. It does not have to be circuit switched network and that is where the real value will come from - lower cost. This may lead to some (although not noticeable) degradation in voice quality, but let the consumer decide whether they want to use it or not. A regular voice call does not take more than a few KBs of bandwidth.

Finally, I think your post talks more about why mobile VoIP is not ready for "prime time", which may be true. But when carriers are talking about LTE and 4G, I do not see why they cannot support a voice call....and I am not even talking HD voice.

The problem, I feel, is not about "being able to" but about "wanting to". Mobile companies have this mental block against VoIP and I wanted to argue that this block is misplaced.

By: Alok Saboo

Alok Saboo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:02:53 +0000

And why do you think so???

By: youcanthandlethetruth

youcanthandlethetruth — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:30:29 +0000

3G Mobile VOIP will never ever work.

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By: Tsahi Levent-Levi

Tsahi Levent-Levi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:22:23 +0000

Alok,
I think mobile carriers have a lot to lose from mobile VoIP at this point in time – the bandwidth issue is a hard one, and while there's other, larger content on their network – it doesn't compare in its sheer size with voice (which is used by anyone with a phone).
You can get more on my feelings regarding mobile VoIP here: http://blog.radvision.com/voipsurvivor/2009/10/...