AT&T Says Blockage of VoIP on its Network is for Lower Calls Cost
AT&T has eventually admitted to the fact that it prevents VoIP
callings from reaching its network. The mobile carrier made this
confession while fielding questions from the the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC). The company argued that it became
necessary for them to prevent VoIP on its network to enable the
company to realize profit from its current voice plans.
It is a common knowledge that VoIP technology offers cheap ways of
communicating through telephone and this in a way is affecting
revenues being generated by cellular carriers. As a matter of fact all
the mobile providers in the USA prevents VoIP calling across their
mobile network.
AT&T who is a xG technology company expressed concerns on low revenue
generation stressing how important this is to the survival of the
company. Speaking through its chief technology officer of xG
Technology, Joseph Bobier, AT&T stated that “No U.S. carrier currently
allows VoIP across mobile networks. Given the billions of dollars they
spent acquiring spectrum, building and deploying their cellular
networks, the economics simply would not work. VoIP
saves consumers money, but the flip side of this benefit is that this
means less revenue for operators. In fact, the only two major wireless
carriers in Europe that allow mobile VoIP traffic added charges that
essentially strip out the savings that VoIP delivers. By contrast, xG
Technology recognized that Internet based calling-VoIP-will be
the technology of the future and we designed our mobile system from
the ground up with that in mind.”
The cellular carrier also revealed that consumers stand much more to
gain from the xG Technology. It was said of the xG technology that is
a company that believes mobile VoIP can provide significant savings to
consumers and still be profitable for carriers. The company has
strived to achieve lower costs of of operation by developing a network
that uses free spectrum instead of the carrier paying billions for
licensed spectrum.
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