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RedVoiss launches VoIP service to rival Skype

TMCnet.com : Chilean internet telephony provider RedVoiss has launched a free VoIP service it hopes will compete with Skype, RedVoiss CEO Alberto Mordojovich told BNamericas. The service called SippyPhone consists of software that is installed on the PC and communication is possible by a microphone or through a handset.

The difference with Skype is that SippyPhone uses standard initiation protocol (SIP), while Skype uses a proprietary protocol, Mordojovich explained. While this makes SippyPhone more flexible as it can be interconnected with other IP voice services such as Vonage, the quality of Skype may be slightly better as it uses greater broadband width, Mordojovich said.

"We believe that in the long run, SIP is going to be the dominant technology worldwide... Skype is going to have to compete against all the other companies similar to RedVoiss throughout the world that use SIP," the executive said.
Nonetheless, the free service does not mark a move away from the paid service, similar to Vonage, that the company has been offering up to now.

"This [SippyPhone] service is only for use with a computer. The other RedVoiss service is for integrating with telephone and remote telephone services. There is still an important market that prefers to use a telephone," Mordojovich said. RedVoiss' aim with the new service is to target the youth market. Mordojovich also believes that SippyPhone will act as an introduction to IP telephony.

"Hopefully it will encourage companies to adopt the full RedVoiss service, or install servers to receive 800 numbers for free, which currently cost companies a lot of money," Mordojovich said. While communication via SippyPhone is free with other SIP services, there is a monthly charge for communication with public telephone services. Read More

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