Mobile phone service not doomed by VoIP

 

There has been a lot of talk lately about all the Wi-Fi/VoIP capable mobile phones that are emerging into the market recently. I hadn't considered any of this news-worthy enough to post here, because most of these articles talked about how these phones are going to eliminate traditional mobile phone services, which I don't see as being the case. I do agree that having a wireless capable phone with softphone software as a huge feature, but not as a feature that's going to totally replace mobile phone service. At least not until many large metropolitan areas are covered with Wi-Fi mesh networks that are always available, or as this article mentions, it is done using 3G technology. People need their mobile phones everywhere, not just when a wireless network is available. This article, although not too terribly informative, is the first I've seen talk about these phones (specifically Microsoft's) and also about the fact that they don't pose a huge threat to mobile carriers. Please click the link above to read.