Sunday, October 27, 2013
Separating Data
FreedomPop launched one of the country’s first all IP mobile services this month. Consequently, it has to deal with an interesting problem facing all future IP mobile operators: If all your traffic is running over the same data connection, how do you distinguish between voice, SMS and internet traffic so you can charge accordingly? The company is solving that problem by working with Telespree, which provides a cloud-based monetization service for carriers. Basically Telespree is picking apart all of the CDMA and WiMAX (and eventually LTE) data traffic that traverses FreedomPop’s phones. That way it knows not to count a VoIP call or an IP SMS message against a customer bucket of megabytes. Telespree can also track that voice and data traffic – translating kilobytes into minutes and messages consumed – which allows customers to monitor their data, voice and SMS usage. As an all VoIP provider, FreedomPop can layer things like video chat, group messaging and conference calling on top of standard voice and messaging much more easily than any carrier.
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I never knew there were mobile IP telephony services. There sounds to be many problems with it.
ReplyDeleteAnother downside to internet phone services is that you need a fast and reliable internet connection. This will affect the quality of the call.
ReplyDeleteWhen you are using internet phones, you also have to make sure that your security is good because it is susceptible to malware. Overall it is a great communication service.
ReplyDeleteWhen you implement a new VoIP system you have to make sure that all your employees know how to use it to their advantage. Most of the phone services are easy to learn.
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