Vodafone takes a Starfish approach to wVoIP

Over at CeBIT, Vodafone's taking a hybrid approach to the problem of mobile VoIP. Its prototype Starfish service promises to give cell callers a Skype presence by letting them dial into a gateway that bridges the call onto an IP network. Presence is handled via a GPRS connection. (Vodafone is a GSM service, unlike its partly owned U.S. company, Verizon Wireless.) Vodafone likes the service because it doesn't require downloaded software, it's available anywhere there's a GSM signal, it claims better voice quality than WiFi VoIP, and they can bill for the airtime. For Vodafone, sounds like a win.

For more about Vodafone's Starfish:
- read this article from PC World

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