VoIP will become the future focus of the communications industry will change the way of using mobile phone

In Spain last week held at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, including Microsoft Corp, NOKIA Corporation and Skype company, several communications giants have announced a mobile phone Internet phone based (VoIP) products and services, which will fundamentally change the way consumers use mobile phone in the future.

Until now, the majority of mobile phone users will focus on mobile Internet services focus on writing e-mail, send instant photo information or even make an overseas video phone. But as the major telecommunications companies launched a mobile phone Internet phone based on (VoIP) after the products and services, consumers of mobile Internet service center of attention will shift to cheaper Internet phone service or instant messaging service.

The major mobile communications companies in the 3GSM Conference on the display of the mobile Internet telephony technology will soon be available.

Microsoft CEO Steve Bulmer at the 3GSM conference, said the first of the mobile industry and its operational partners respect, then to showcase the upcoming Microsoft Office Communicator mobile Internet phone software function, which makes mobile phone can truly call Internet phone.

While most mobile operators have a conservative attitude towards mobile Internet telephony, the reason is simple, the technology will affect the mobile operator's normal voice revenue and reduce its market value.

Prior to Microsoft's display of its mobile Internet phone technology, the European 3G operator Hutchison also announced a cooperation agreement will provide mobile phone users with the world's first commercial mobile Internet telephony services.

Hutchison will provide Skype software for high-end smartphone users running Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 operating system,

And later this year to launch cheap Internet phone service.

Christian, managing director of Hutchison's European Telecommunications business, said: "we do not think that Internet telephony will erode our voice services, users access to our network will need to pay. We look at the Internet as a way to give users more choices, and it is expected to increase the user's use of our network. "

Many mobile phone industry officials believe that technical barriers will affect the rapid advent of mobile Internet telephony services.

"There are still a lot of problems with this kind of service, such as quality of service and security," said Hamid, technical director of T-Mobile international. We believe that the Internet based mobile phone service will take years to mature. Then we will consider the advantages of Internet telephony services, if there is an advantage, we will provide the service. "

NOKIA announced at the 3GSM Conference on a mobile phone and wireless local area network to run the new mobile phone 6136, the phone will be listed in the first quarter of this year, sales of second.

Motorola has announced a contract to provide UMA mobile phone to British Telecom Group Fusion.