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NEC has launched an Australian-developed VoIP application for the iPhone that, in conjunction with software running on NEC enterprise IP telephony systems, will enable users to make business quality calls over 3G cellular or WiFi networks.
NEC says it is already trialling the application with a leading educational institution in Australia alongside additional UC and telephony offerings and that it will be available for general release in the first quarter of 2009.
NEC Australia has also developed similar technology for BlackBerry, Nokia and Windows Mobile smartphones with in built SIP functionality and plans to extend the technology to the Google Android phone later.
The application has been co-developed by NEC Australia's R&D centre in Melbourne and local development partner HiTech Telecom. According to Keith Anderson, NEC Australia's data and mobility manager, "The whole process is extremely simple; the iPhone client enables a call to simultaneously ring a user's landline and iPhone. Regardless of which phone is used to take the call, the costs normally charged with call forwarding will not be incurred."
Calls to the user's land lines are terminated on the NEC IP PBX and, if taken on the iPhone, are routed as VoIP over the 3G network's data service or via the office WiFi network. Despite using relatively expensive 3G data, NEC says that overall costs would be less than using standard voice calls.
Steve Morris senior solutions architect told iTWire: "I spend about 13 hours a month on my mobile phone and I did some analysis. We use the G789 codec (which reduces voice to 8kbps) and taking into account what NEC pays for mobile voice calls I am able to save about $1500 per year because I tend to divert my office calls to my mobile and to make outgoing calls fro my mobile." (all calls which would go as VoIP to the office PBX and then as standard fixed line calls).
He added: "We think it is suitable for small enterprise. If they don't have office WiFi this is a good way of providing office mobility. If they are not using all their 3G data allowance it makes no sense to go and install WiFi."
"The application can be installed on NEC's SV8100 I PBX which caters for up to 200 extensions and all the way to our new SV8500 that can do thousands of extensions," Morris said.
NEC says it will offer customised development services to enable organisation to access business applications from mobile devices along with standard features such as email synchronisation and visual voicemail.
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