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With LTE, OTTs get the same network quality for voice and video as the MNO itself, so they can compete almost on equal terms for the value added services on top of the data service. 3G is not good enough for voice and video, it's only good enough for texting. Until today you can only use an OTT when on Wifi. LTE is important for the companies that opt for this third approach because you can only start making a lot of money if your communications service is as good as the one offered by the MNO. The last option requires the addition of a telephone number, which adds another benefit (on top of the ability to make money) : you're no longer restricted to calling only/texting other users on the same network, but you can reach everyone connected to the global telephone network. Others count on getting some part of the voice/sms revenues of MNOs, just like Skype does with 'SkypeOut' and 'Skype number'. I see three options : the big ones surely count on an exit selling out to a giant like Google or Facebook, like Skype did with Microsoft. Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, Light Reading We hope to work with them closely to bring the advantage to the end users.' If leverage it properly, they will have the advantage. 'Technology is advancing to the extent that people are expecting better quality. 'Cheap VoIP rates and features on top of the VoIP line that still have QoS will be very important in the future,' Hertz says. (See Verizon Beefs Up LTE Network, Nears VoLTE and AT&T Plans 4G Voice Launch This Year.) Hertz recognizes the competition is plentiful, but believes Voxox's CLEC structure, and the fact that it's not constrained to the rich communications services (RCS) protocol like some of its competitors, will help set it apart, especially as operators build out their voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) strategies. (See Sprint Jibes With OTT Comms, Sprint Plots RCS-Laden Path to VoLTE, and AT&T Asks for a VoLTE Phone for Christmas.) acquired fring to help its operator customers build their own white-labeled OTT experience. (NYSE: S) tapped Jibe Mobile to co-market its OTT app, and Genband Inc. Of course, Voxox isn't the only one promising to help operators get in on the action.

'It's difficult for operators who are used to buying technology from vendors like Huawei and Ericsson to be innovative and compete in the space,' he adds. 'I think they are battling a force that won't be easily stopped,' Hertz says of OTT apps, adding that they're generally more nimble, have different revenue-generation expectations, a single focus, and don't have to worry about cannibalizing legacy services. (See The OTT Opportunity for Operators and Embracing OTT.) It has already signed deals with several small carriers in Africa, but he says the company is in 'various stages of the process' with around 50 other operators. Hertz says Voxox can offer operators a better quality of service than Skype along with the innovative flavor they're looking for as their core businesses get disrupted. Hertz is hoping that value-added functionality will also attract operators with OTT ambitions to become its partners. Voxox's big advantage, and what makes it unique among the WhatsApps of the world, is the network interoperability it can provide, thanks to its CLEC status.

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Users get unlimited free calling and texting with other Voxox users, and 'super low rates' for calling and messaging contacts on other mobile networks or landlines. The apps include voice, chat, video, social media, content sharing, and good ol' faxing from a unified interface.

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Voxox entered the fray today with its own cloud-based OTT app for Android, as well as an update to its iOS app. Rather, it's the slew of OTT apps from startups such as WhatsApp, Viber, and WeChat, which have attracted hundreds of millions of users between them, that are on his hit list. (See TelCentris Launches a CLEC.)īut Hertz doesn't see the other service providers as his competition. As a CLEC, it's able to provide free phone numbers on the PSTN as any operator would do, allowing its customers to make and receive phone calls and texts across any network.

Voxox applied for CLEC status - a process CEO Bryan Hertz called a 'huge regulatory pain in the neck' - in order to support the company's B2B unified communications services. Voxox is one of many over-the-top (OTT) messaging applications developers on the market, but where it diverges from its peers is that it's actually been a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) since 2008.Īnd today, it's adding 'Android consumer app provider' to its resume.

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