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Voice Over Wireless LAN On A Chip

Posted by timothy on from the more-voip-phones-perhaps dept.

prostoalex writes "Texas Instruments produced a single chip platform for transmitting voice over wireless LANs. The company says the phones using the chip will be available by year-end. The chip supports 802.11b and 802.11g wireless networks."

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  1. On a chip by GQuon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, this shouldn't really surprise longtime slashdot readers. We have seen webserver-on-chip before, and talked a lot about VoIP.
    When they make VoIP phones, it provides an argument for regulating VoIP in the same manner as regular phones.

    What I want to see are VoIP/domestic wireless/cell combo phones. The Motorola CN620 combines WiFi and GSM, but I'd like a phone that could connect to a landline base station too. (So you can use it around the house even if the VoIP and cell service are gone. Well, über-geeks will make their own alternative VoIP route to the landline if the TCP/IP connection drops out.)

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