Dec 14, 2015
Public Switched Telephone Network◦ 100 years◦ 1982 AT&T monopoly broken
Competition entered telephony Car phones system Cellular system Satellite system VoIP Wifi
Voice over the Internet Protocol (IP)◦ Vonage
A viable service Being attacked by at@t, Verizon, others
◦ Sun Rocket went broke 2007
◦ Ooma (just introduced Thursday last week)◦ Verizon◦ at&t
What do you need for equipment?◦ regular telephones◦ ATA (analog terminal adapter)◦ Broadband connection to the Internet
Modem Cable DSL Satellite
Computer◦ Skype◦ Softphone
Internet Protocol used to transport◦ Data◦ Voice◦ Images, include today – TV called (IPTV)
Electrical signals◦ Chopped up into chunks◦ Converted to binary (zeroes and ones)◦ Packaged as frames of bits◦ Delivered over media using the Internet Protocol
Data Voice
◦ Voice over IP (VoIP) Image
◦ TV over IP (IPTV) ◦ Fax over ip (FoIP)
Soon◦ Cellular systems could use VoIP
Protocols not yet IP◦ GSM (becoming world
standard)
◦ CDMA◦ EV DO◦ PCS◦ Iden◦ others
• Capabilities– Telephone– Internet Access– Text Messaging– Music– Calendars– Pda– Watch movies
Telephone◦ Cellular◦ WiFi
Internet◦ Internet Access◦ Text Messaging◦ Music◦ Calendars◦ Pda◦ Watch movies
All of this boils down to communications◦ Increase availability to all◦ Work productivity◦ Emergency assistance◦ Bottom line CONVIENENCE
What is next?