Signal to Noise

Wasn’t sure how bloggable this was, exactly.  When I heard Fonav was trade bait I immediately assumed Google, but it turned out the Linux phone people bought them.  So there you have it. I am assuming it’s OK to blog, since it came from PR.

Since VoIP was first introduced in the late 90s, the tech industry has seen waves of VoIP adoption – from its early PC days (VoIP first wave) to its second wave with VoIP terminal adopters. Today, we are seeing the emergence of the third wave – where VoIP is moving into different connected devices: mobile tablets (a la Sony mylo and the Nokia N800), mobile phones and WiFi phones.

Trolltech is in the heart of VoIP third wave. In just the last year, Trolltech has experienced tremendous success in the VoIP market with more than 40 VoIP/WiFi devices in the market today, and we see VoIP moving towards connected devices—which we define as anything that has an LCD screen. This entails multiple devices within a home that are connected with rich services beyond just voice. In realizing this, Trolltech recently acquired FONAV to help further its reach in the Linux-based application development space.

FONAV applications offer consumers a unified live inbox – bringing together voice communication with visual voice messaging, email, instant messaging, and text messaging. Consumers are able to seamlessly move through each of these modes, and the solution moves VoIP beyond just inexpensive voice to inexpensive yet smart and rich communications. Just visualize one day seeing this integrated with your digital photo frames or even refrigerator – allowing you to make phone call or hold a video conference while baking a cake! Imagine the possibilities of using a microwave to set that you are busy cooking in the kitchen so other users then know not to call or text but to contact you via video conference.