VoIP News: Networking Hardware

VoIP solutions could soon be accessible underground following the release of a new wireless router access point (WRAP). Becker Electronics has launched its Becker WRAP system which enables users to access the internet via Wi-Fi, reports instrumentation. co.

A US firm has released a new network monitoring package which could improve VoIP solutions. GL Communications has launched its upgraded Packetscanweb software, allowing users to access real-time data on their network performance. Firms are provided with statistics on various call details, such as duration and start time, which they can view using a web-based interface.

BT has launched a new system that could significantly improve VoIP solutions for both consumers and providers. The telecoms firm has launched its IP Exchange platform - the wholesale service that enables communications providers to seamlessly connect VoIP calls with traditional network calls. Cameron Rejali, managing director for BT Wholesale, claimed that the new platform will allow providers to introduce IP telephony solutions with speed and ease.

New technology launched in the US will enable users to transform their current Wi-Fi phone into mobileVoIP hardware. The AT&T 3G MicroCell is a wireless station that transmits a 3G phone signal, rather than a Wi-Fi connection. Once this hardware is connected to a consumer's router, incoming wireless calls are transferred via the internet, so users essentially now have a VoIP hardware application.

VoIP hardware could be set for a revolution with news from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena (Caltech) that they have made a flexible solar cell. Flexible solar cells would allow a variety of applications to draw power while on the move and poses the possibility of cells being built into everyday items, such as clothing or rucksacks. Each flexible solar panel uses one per cent the amount of silicon which goes into a regular solar cell with the same level of output and each panel is five per cent the size of a standard solar cell.