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New Portable WiFi Router Let’s You Bring Your VoIP Phone Number with You
TMCnet Associate Editor
Why worry about finding a good WiFi “hotspot” when you can carry one with you, wherever you go?
Furthermore, why leave behind your VoIP phone number when you can take that with you, too?
A partnership between D2 Technologies and Accton Technology has resulted in the first portable WiFi router with VoIP capabilities.
By integrating D2 Technologies’ vPort VoIP software into Accton’s VG2211i Wireless Personal Gateway, the two companies claim to have created the first gateway which lets you travel and take your VoIP phone number with you wherever you go.
According to a company press release, Accton’s portable gateway is the first of its kind to be based on softDSP VoIP technology. The vPort software runs on a MIPS4Kc-based WiFi router SoC (System on a Chip), which is the functional heart of the gateway. By integrating a VoIP Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) into the gateway, users can take along their VoIP phones and “plug in” whenever, and wherever, they want.
Traditional VoIP gateways incorporate a DSP chip or core for voice processing functions, however, D2’s vPort softDSP implementations enable the voice functions to run on a MIPS or ARM RISC processor, removing the need to add a DSP chip or core when VoIP functionality must be added to a device.
vPort is a complete VoIP software solution, which integrates voice processing (G.168 echo cancellation, G.729AB voice compression, T.38 fax relay and tone detection/generation, etc.) with voice signaling (e.g. SIP), packetizing, jitter smoothing, networking and telephony drivers.
“The Accton Portable Gateway is an ideal device for VoIP service providers to offer to their customers, with the added benefit of allowing the consumer to either set up a home wireless network, or use the device as a client in an existing WiFi network,” said David Wong, president of D2, in the press release. “Furthermore, you can take this gateway to a hotel room, plug it into the broadband internet connection to set up a WiFi network and make or receive VoIP calls in your room, bringing a new meaning to phone number portability.”
The portable gateway comes in a 24.7 mm x 107.5 mm x 78.7 mm package.
For more information about D2 Technologies, visit www.d2tech.com.
For more information about Accton Technology, visit www.accton.com.
Patrick Barnard is Associate Editor for TMCnet and a columnist covering the telecom industry. To see more of his articles, please visit Patrick Barnard’s columnist page.
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