VOIP comes to mobiles
The Register reports that from next month, T-Mobile will introduce a new tariff that allows people to use VOIP on their phones.
Ahead of next week’s announcements, The Register has learned Web ‘n’ Walk Max will have a 10GB data limit and no restrictions on VoIP or instant messaging use. It’ll cost consumer punters £22.50 as a standalone product and £44 for suits, who get voice bundled in.Also new will be Web ‘n’ Walk plus, which provides 3GB without VoIP, but with instant messaging allowed.
Standard Web ‘n’ Walk, as available now, will remain unchanged at £7.50 for 1GB. Instant messaging will be allowed for light users too.
I was already planning to switch when my Vodafone contract runs out at the end of this year so I could surf on my phone. This news provides an interesting new option. I’ve been mucking around with WengoPhone, which is like Skype but uses the open SIP standard. They already have a mobile client, but it’s for Windows smart phones, which I definitely won’t get. Hopefully they’ll put together a J2ME version soon.
October 11th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
Yeah, mobile VoIP is definitely the future of communications. I’ve even blogged about the possibilities that await us.