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This introductory article outlines the challenges of international VoIP termination and the driving growth of mobile operators and VoIP service providers. In future articles, I will identify the revenue and service opportunities in VoIP international call termination, and the accompanying difficulties and potential solutions.

- Today’s Landscape: The Growth and Challenges of International VoIP Termination

The growing adoption of VoIP has introduced many technical and business challenges as well as growth opportunities for telecommunications providers. VoIP makes it very easy and inexpensive to interconnect between carriers, compared to the assignment of fixed TDM ports and circuits. (Read on …)

Simply put VoIP is a protocol that allows for a computer to make a voice communication over the internet. A computer can call a computer, or it could even covert the signal and call an ordinary phone. With VoIP a user can call using a computer, a phone made special for VoIP or a normal phone equipped with a VoIP adapter. VoIP can also be accessed wirelessly in certain areas where such a connection is available such as internet cafes and other such hotspots. Simply put, VoIP allows people to talk over the internet just as one would over the phone.

In order to take advantage of VoIP the user will need a broadband high speed internet connection. Cable modems as well as services like DSL or even a local area network will fit this requirement. The other thing needed is either a computer, a specialized phone or an adapter for a traditional phone. Either the computer or the VoIP phone would work better as some VoIP services will not recognize the adapter and will not function as a result. If the computer is the preferred method then specific software will need to be installed and a microphone will need to be connected. Other than the fact that the VoIP phone will attach directly to the broadband connection, it works like a normal phone. (Read on …)