Apple to iPhone developers: VoIP over Wi-Fi is OKPosted by admin on Mart 7th, 2008
That means you may soon be able to make free voice calls over the Net, provided you’re in range of a Wi-Fi connection. Chatters, start your engines!Among the many details Apple announced as part of its iPhone developer’s kit unveiling was the news that VoIP calls—such as those you can make over applications like Skype—will be allowed on the iPhone, provided that they’re made over Wi-Fi and not AT&T’s EDGE network.
That’s pretty surprising news, frankly. I would have guessed that AT&T, which (naturally enough) is looking to sell as many voice minutes as possible to subscribers, would have leaned on Apple to bar VoIP programs on the iPhone—even if the apps in question are only using the iPhone’s Wi-Fi connection.
Anyway, it looks like Apple won the argument—and that means we can look forward to mobile versions of Skype and other VoIP apps on the iPhone come June. Of course, developers would always be able to charge for their VoIP apps, but I have a feeling plenty of free VoIP programs will be available when the time comes. I love it.
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