Goodbye, Expensive SMS and Calls; Hello, Mobile VoIP from Samsung

Posted on January 30, 2008 at 9:43 am

Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP will not only rule the personal computer scene but also the mobile telecommunications scene, too, thanks to Samsung Network’s launching of a VoIP service for mobile phones.

Starting up the struggle between networks to cut phone charges, the Samsung Wyz 070 service allows phone calls using WiFi (or Wireless Fidelity) wireless Internet connection. WiFi is the most widely used

Through WiFi connections, Samsung Wyz 070 charges a caller 83.75 per cent less than it would for an ordinary call. That’s one big discount, if you ask me!

Anyway, further talking about charges, if the call is made within the same network, say a company or university owning a wireless network, the call is free of charge, as Samsung stated. And setting it up is hassle-free, too. It even automatically turns off once you leave the coverage of the wireless network.

Sadly, as of the moment, Samsung Wyz 070 service is only available for corporate users with Samsung Electronic’s Blackjack smart phones. But according to Jeong Hye-Lim, the firm’s spokeswoman, the VoIP service will be reaching other mobile phone models as well.

Jeong said they are using the Blackjack smart phone model for the meantime, as it is the only handset in South Korea capable of using WiFi. “Other WiFi models, such as Blackberry, can be used for the service once they are introduced to Korea and they are equipped with our software applications,” she added.

Actually, VoIP firms have been eyeing to spread through mible phones since the development of WiFi and its incorporation with the mobile community. Now that Samsung was able to have wireless networks as feature in their mobile phones, they started expanding the browsing capabilities of mobile phones. With Samsung Wyz 070 laying the foundation for the discovery and growth of Internet services on mobile phones, Samsung Networks will soon establish the service, along with upcoming ones, in 3G and Mobile WiMax networks.

Wow, I can’t wait to see it dawn on all countries. Looks like we will be living in a mobile virtual world in a year or two after this! Loki

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