Fred/Ryan, I think that the reason for incorporating the SIM this solution that it contains a credential (lets call it a billable entity) that can be used by the mobile operator to authenticate the user and direct the VOIP call to that service provider's SIP service. That way, said operator can charge the user for whatever service is provided. Best Regards, John Holmblad Acadia Secure Networks, LLC * * Fred Pacquier wrote: > Acadia Secure Networks a ?crit : > >> All, >> here is an interesting announcement from Nokia-Siemens this week: >> http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/global/Press/Press+releases/news-archive/Nokia_Siemens_Networks_launches_pocket-sized_VoIP.htm >> I am surprised however that it is going to take until 3Q 2008 to get the >> product out. I have to assume that the long pole in this tent is the >> effort to get one or more mobile service providers to implement the >> necessary functionality in their networks to work with this device, >> which appears to be SIM card on a usb key. >> > > Gotta love press releases. After reading oodles of that thickest of > marketingspeak, I'm still not sure what this thing is supposed to do for > me -- except cost me money :-) > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > >
