WiMax VoIP

WiMax VoIP

Introduction

In theory, WiMax VoIP would be a great and economic way to make telephone calls, both local and long distance. However, there is the problem with VoIP in that it is still not strictly wireless. Now, it is possible to use a Wi-Fi connection to the internet via a computer but then that is not as wireless as a cellular phone. What is worse is that there seems to be no move towards integrating VoIP into the cellphone.

Well, actually, there is such a move and there are some of these hybrid phones already available on the market but they are practically unknown. These phones come with an inbuilt detector that tries to sense if there is VoIP available. If it is, the phone automatically switches to VoIP (detection is mostly for Wi-Fi hotspots and so forth) or it works through the regular cellular network. The bad news is that the cellular phone manufacturers (and network owners) are not particularly happy with this development because it points to a massive reduction in their profits because VoIP is so much cheaper.

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However, now that the process has started it is only a matter of time before people become aware of this concept and the demand will soon cause these same cellular phone manufacturers to rush out new models with better features to cash in on a jaded cellular phone market. The result will be a market where WiMax VoIP (explained below) will be a much more integrated product, allowing you to switch between cellular and WiMax VoIP more easily.

The integration of VoIP and the cellular phone is just the first step. After all, as the number of Wi-Fi hotspots increase and the area-range of internet connectivity broadens in its scope there will an ever increasing tendency to use VoIP instead of the regular cellular network because VoIP is much cheaper. In the end, this points to the demise of the cellular network and its replacement with a VoIP network. Such a network, called WiMax, is already being constructed. WiMax will be enabled by a citywide wireless network (in as many cities as possible of course) that will operate at speeds that will be much higher than the ones we have today). We are talking about a network where video and audio can be shared in real time.

WiMax VoIP is being tested all over the world. Though the concept behind WiMax VoIP is wonderful, and in a sense inevitable, it is suspected of being a potential trouble maker for certain industries. The faster network will mean easier exchange of information that is currently too bulky for cellular network. Industries like movie theaters, DVD retailers and rental agencies, as well as traditional phone companies will find themselves struggling in business once WiMax and WiMax VoIP start running successfully.

Another exciting possibility is free Internet Telephony. When you send an email, you do not have to pay. When you share your photographs, you do not have to pay. What you pay for is your broadband connection to stay connected to the internet. What you do with that connection is not charged by the ISP. The same applies to WiMax VoIP because in the end it is nothing more than data exchange between two parties over a broad-range wireless network. Why should that be charged?

Stuart Drew is the owner of the popuar PimpMyPageRank blog, which deals in all issues technology, especially content, and income, generation in the online world.

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