October 13, 2005
Japan preparing Voice over Internet telephony for mobile phones in 2007
"The government plans to introduce mobile Voice over Internet telephony by 2007, officials said Thursday, reports Mainichi Daily News
The mobile service under consideration at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will allow people to use Voice-over-Internet Protocol, or VoIP, phone service, on cell phones -- similar to what's now available on fixed lines.
The mobile VoIP services now more common allow people merely to connect their cell phones to the Net at "hot spots" using Wi-Fi wireless access.
The Internet Protocol mobile phones are expected to relay information at up to 15 megabits per second -- more than a thousand times faster than the fastest third-generation cell phones now available in Japan at 384 kilobits per second."
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