VoIP on Your Cell Phone

Dec 1, 2011 by Tim Seaman

A lot of businesses rely on VoIP technology and its services. The VoIP technology is incorporated by anyone who wishes to save money from telecommunication. The VoIP offer great features that conventional telephone services cannot offer.

One of the biggest advantages of the VoIP compared to traditional telecommunication services comes from the fact that the user receive a unique phone number which corresponds to the numbers in the country he resides, and yet there is no problem using this number from another country or another continent, for that matter. A VoIP phone can be carried without any problems in luggage and set up anywhere just by being plugged into an internet router. And now even this is no longer needed thanks to a new iPhone and Android app which users can install on their cell phones and thus having their VoIP phone number everywhere with them.

The app in question is called Bria and offer the user access to VoIP services directly to his smartphone over Wi-Fi and 3G networks. This app can be used to make cheap calls to domestic and international numbers using a SIP account provided by a VoIP provider. With this app the user can call Spain over the internet without having to use the minutes for roaming on his cell phone and without paying huge fees for making international calls via the network of the mobile operator.

Of course, this app can be used to replace a VoIP telephone completely, which means that it offers pretty much the same features that can be found on an ordinary IP telephone. Features such as voice and video calls, putting calls on hold, voicemail support, merging calls together and starting a conference call, transferring calls and so on.

If you plan to use this app on your smartphone or tablet, there is a version of this app available for iPad, you would need the necessary accessories like headsets or at least headphones. However, it must be pointed out that some mobile operators and carrier don’t allow the use of VoIP over their networks. In some cases they block such services, while in other they include a fee for using VoIP through the mobile network they provide.

By now many people are well aware of the services provided by the VoIP technology and that they allow to call Spain, India or Brazil for a lot less money than traditional telecommunication services. The VoIP provides unique national telephone number which can be used from any part of the world if the user has a SIP account and IP telephone. But, now, you no longer need a separate phone because you can install Bria app on your smartphone and access your SIP account to have all the features provided by the VoIP technology.