The day is coming. All get ready.
Are you sensing a trend? Not only are other bloggers writing it, they’re all pointing to the signs of the VoIP to Mobile and Mobile to VoIP convergence occuring. This is a bandwagon I have been on for some time and really feel like eurovoip writes here that this is the year it starts to grab hold.
Much of the noise around this will come out of the upcoming 3GSM Conference in Barcelona, Spain in February and then get propelled at CeBIT in Germany in March. CeBIT makes CES look like a walk in the park. It’s more days. Has more booths and the meetings never seem to end. Then CTIA will come along here in the USA and the chatter will get louder, but remember, when it comes to advances in mobile the USA carriers are never first with anything, other than Sprint at promising. I actually think the last first from a USA mobile carrier was Nextel with Direct Connect. Anyway, VoIP to Mobile and Mobile to VoIP will start to take shape really soon here via the MVNO’s. I expect Helio to be one of the first in that space with a dedicated marketing effort around that, along with the smart folks at Boingo.