Godzilla-like Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo has reared up from Tokyo bay to offer it’s customers wireless telecoms connectivity for their mobile handsets via their home broadband.

DoCoMo FOMA handsets which have WiFi connectivity will be able to utilise a new service called Home U which allows them to make their normal telephone connections via their home broadband rather than the cellular network. This will allow for free calls between Home U user when they are in their own residence. It will also allow handsets to download large volumes of data such as video at up to 54Mbps – this is a limitation of the WiFi technology, in fiber to the home areas, the actual speed of Japanese broadband is often 100Mbps.

Robert Poe for VoIP-News has written a handy article on how to get started making calls using the JAJAH software and network on your mobile phone.

JAJAH’s mobile VoIP service offers a ringback-and-connect type service which is described in the article.

gigaom.com carries word that the big global Telcos such as AT&T, British Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, NTT etc could be working together to create a ‘Skype rival’ for 2009.

No real detail or grit is given on the product although I would hope that it would be a SIP or at least standards-based system unlike Skype which is uses a proprietary method.

The service is said to be designed to ultimately be available for mobile devices with 3G or 4G connections so presumably the model would be direct connection or client/server connection rather than Skype’s P2P routing model.

Some more detail over in Om Malik’s article.

Google is to make complaints to the FCC about what they see as Verizon‘s non-compliance with the open-access requirements of their 700Mhz spectrum license.

The 700Mhz license which was won at auction by Verizon requires that they do not restrict the devices which can be used to connect to the network. It seems that Verizon may be trying to implement some restrictions and Google, who are likely to soon release an Android based phone, aren’t happy about it.

The 700Mhz spectrum allows for a contiguous wireless network, ideal for mobile VoIP devices, to operate across the continental United States.

Picked up on Surya Andreas’ blog, we have an article detailing his trials and tribulations with testing out potential Voice over IP client candidates for his Symbian/UIQ based mobile phone.

Fring, Nimbuzz, Truphone and Gizmo are mentioned along with Skype and I-Skoot. He seems to hold Fring in the best regard at the moment for it’s general all-round abilities.