Refers to sessions initiation protocol. It is the proposed standard for initiating, modifying, and terminating an interactive user session that involves multimedia elements such as video, voice, instant messaging, online games, and virtual reality. It is an application-layer control protocol, a signaling protocol for Internet telephony. It can establish sessions for features such as audio/videoconferencing, interactive gaming, and call forwarding to be deployed over IP networks.
Published in Chapter:
Impact of Broadband VoIP on Telecoms: A Cross Country Analysis
Bardo Fraunholz (Deakin University, Australia) and Chandana Unnithan (Deakin University, Australia)
Copyright: © 2008
|Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-851-2.ch048
Abstract
VoIP is a technology that has received much attention over the past few years. Speculations are rampant that it will be “the technology” for telecommunications of the future, as broadband gains mass market penetration in every nation. It holds the promise of ubiquity and eliminates the need for a separate infrastructure for telecommunications. In this chapter, we have undertaken a cross country analysis of two economies, Germany and India, at varied levels of broadband voice over internet protocol (VoIP) diffusion, to examine the future potential of this technology in the respective nations and their telecommunications industries. Our brief analysis revealed some valuable insights regarding the impact of VoIP in both economies which may prove to be useful for other economies and telecommunication industries.