Mobile VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) telephony offers lower rates and portability, especially for businesses in diverse locations.
As the technology advances, wireless VoIP phones are acquiring more features, eventually rivaling and then surpassing traditional analog business office telephone networks. Traditional business office phone network features now available for VoIP mobile services include:
For more technical information, visit websites of mobile VoIP technology developers for business
Websites of leading mobile VoIP providers may include lists of "partners" that are wireless VoIP developers.
I recommend: Telecommunication equipment manufacturer
Nortel Networks has a website that includes a list of mobile VoIP developer partners and contact information. Mobile VoIP hardware and software developer
CounterPath Corporation has a list of "Interoperable Products" for its Bria and eyeBeam softphone products.
Microsoft Corporation offers Microsoft Response Point, the software giant's mobile VoIP-compatible small business phone system. Microsoft Response Point has partnered with telephony hardware developers, such as
Syspine Digital Operator Phone System.
Find developers of higher-end VoIP for mobile business offices
Mobile VoIP features, like virtual PBX, give small to medium-sized businesses the telephone functionality of larger businesses.
I recommend: Digium, Inc. is a key developer of IP PBX business phone technologies compatible with mobile VoIP call smartphone features.
BROADSOFT, another leading Mobile PBX developer, includes its BroadWorks Receptionist feature that can transfer and set up remote conferences for incoming mobile VoIP calls.
Sprint offers Mobile Extension, a mobile VoIP development partnership between Sprint, Nextel, and Research In Motion (Blackberry). Their mobile VoIP products include mobile PBX as well as other business office-specific telephony services.
Visit mobile VoIP developer websites specializing in Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) products
Some business users may prefer mobile VoIP services and products that include both landline and mobile phone to Internet connectivity.
I recommend: Centrepoint Technologies has TalkSwitch, a phone system that specializes in developing FMC phone products, with a focus on
Remote Extensions.
CounterPath Corporation develops Fixed Mobile Convergence phone products, as well as more cost-conscious wireless VoIP products.
Visit mobile VoIP developers of mobile VoIP products that don't require an Internet connection
For mobile business users who still don't yet trust Internet connectivity, there are mobile VoIP products for you.
I recommend: A leading manufacturer of computer networking equipment,
NETGEAR offers its SPH200W Wi-Fi phone enabled with
Skype Limited, a software product that allows business users to make free or low-cost VoIP calls over a network.
Software Cellular Network Ltd offers Truphone, a mobile VoIP service provider, and has developed its
Truphone Anywhere service geared to mobile-only users.