Unwired axes VoIP project
Feb 15, 2005 ISPs, Internet, VoIP
Unwired kills VoIP project (Australian IT / Andrew Colley)
From the article: “Announcing the company’s financial results, Unwired chief executive David Spence said that it made more sense to provide a prioritised packet service for users of soft VoIP services such as Skype and Engin than to continuing developing its own application.“
This is a smart move on their part. The VoIP uptake in Australia is still very low and they would have a hard time finding enough users to make the product profitable. Time invested in prioritised packet services also benefits realtime applications such as IPTV and video conferencing. Once they have suitable QoS in place they can always go back and look at VoIP again at a later date.