What is VOIP – Voice Over Internet Protocol?
When you initiate a call from your mobile phone, it communicates with the network by using a channel that’s dedicated to voice calls. The call is transmitted to the nearest base station (cell) and, from there, to the telephone network. When you access the Internet from your phone, information is transmitted through a separate data channel, which is often referred to as 2G, 2.5G, or 3G (GPRS, EDGE, EV-DO, UMTS). Your operator charges you for phone calls that you make through their telephone network. However, if you make a phone call over the Internet, the mobile network company can’t charge you for phone calls, because it is just information that is transmitted over the data channel. Naturally, you may have to pay for the use of the data channel. That’s what VoIP, or Internet Telephony, is all about – using the Internet as the carrier for phone calls. Now, wait a minute! If you are not in the telephone network, you don’t have a telephone number. Neither does your VoIP-friend who you are
VoIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol. It transmits your voice over a broadband internet connection. There are many VoIP software and services that are used to connect voice calls. The rates for the service is cheaper than the rates of an analog phone. VoIP converts your voice to a digital signal and sends it across the internet. There is no additional equipment needed to establish a VoIP connection. VoIP also includes more features than traditional phone lines: 1. Adjustable bandwidth saver. You can increase and decrease the quality of your calls to save on bandwidth. This is good for the environment and it’s good for your mobile phone battery if you’re using VoIP calling when you’re on the go. 2. Auto-Attendant. If you’re going to be using your VoIP system for business calls as well as personal calls then it might be nice to have a secretary sort through incoming calls. This service isn’t quite a secretary but it acts as a virtual receptionist which can organize the calls that
