S60tips.com has an updated article listing VoIP applications suitable for use with the S60 smartphone platform.

Listed and reviewed in the article are Nokia’s own Gizmo, Truphone, EQO, Skype, fring and Yeigo
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The article updates an earlier review of S60 Voice over IP applications.

Silicon Alley Insider is speculating that a comment by Gary Krakow of TheStreet may indicate that Google are looking to produce their own ‘Gphone’.

Google have previously stated that they do not intent to produce their own hardware, rather they intend to develop the Linux based ANDROID mobile phone software platform for deployment on partner’s devices.

There is further speculation about whether some devices might be available around Christmas time.

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.

Brian Boyko for Network Performance Daily has an article discussing whether VoIP could provide a ‘solution’ to rural broadband requirements in the USA.

Brian suggests that if the high-quality lower frequencies (0-4KHz) normally reserved for voice were used exclusively for data, ‘broadband’ data connections could be made over long distances into rural areas. Voice communications would the be carried over the digital connection using Voice over IP.

With this kind of data connection providing about 115.9kbits/s upstream and 231.3kbits/s downstream, it would be possible to utilize the 20.8kbits/s G.723.1 codec for digital voice communication.

Om Malik has news that Voice Over IP is booming in the USA as cable telcos push, push, push their triple-play offerings which are causing the regular telcos to lose their customers.

The cable companies offer IP telephony by default.

Article at gigaom.com