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你想要免费与某人联络吗?请忘记电话吧,在Internet 上你可以与几乎免费地呼叫,因为所花的仅是 Internet 的连接费和软件费用。Internet 电话技术(即使用 Internet,麦克风和软件进行语音传送的技术)曾因通信质量差而被嘲笑,但现在已经如日中天,这一切应当归功于厂商所推出的一系列低价位产品。为了引起市场的注意,麻省理工学院(MIT)的一个称为 Internet 电话互操作性论坛的组织于上个月举行了一次会议,目的在于设计出标准,价格并研究用户的反馈。通过 Internet 打长途电话可以避免付大笔的长途费,这一优点已经引起了许多公司企业的注意。据估计目前全球有40万 Intetnet 电话用户,预计到1999年可达1600万,市场规模可达5600万美元。而去年的市场收入仅350万美元。为了抓住这一市场,本次 MIT 会议形成了最后的汇总,表示需要产生一个能够保证互操作的结构,和实时计价模块同时需要研究如何让 Internet 电话传输数据和视频信号。与会的12家厂商中有软件厂商也有硬件厂商及电信业者,包括 AmericanCommunications Services 公司、HP 公司,LucentTechnologies公司、sprint 公司、U.S.Robotics 公司和 VocalTech 公司。对于对 Internet 电话感兴趣的公司来说,互操作性是仅次于易用性的第二大要素。研究分析家们认为要想建立有多个竞争对手的市场,互操作性是必不可少的。某些正在使用 Internet 电话的用户最关心的是其
Do you want to contact someone for free? Do not forget to call, you can call almost free on the Internet, because only the Internet connection costs and software costs. Internet telephony, the technology that uses the Internet, microphones, and software for voice transmission, has been laughed at because of poor communications, but it is overwhelming now, thanks to a series of low-cost products introduced by vendors. In an effort to grab market attention, an organization called the Internet Telephony Interoperability Forum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) met last month to design standards, prices and research on user feedback. Making long-distance calls over the Internet can avoid large toll charges, an advantage that has drawn the attention of many corporate businesses. It is estimated that there are currently 400,000 Intetnet users worldwide and it is estimated that by 1999 it will reach 16 million with a market size of up to 56 million U.S. dollars. Last year’s market revenue was only 3.5 million US dollars. In order to seize this market, the final summary of this MIT meeting was that it needed to produce a structure that would ensure interoperability, and that the real-time pricing module needed to study how to get Internet telephony to transmit data and video signals. Among the 12 participating vendors, there are software vendors including hardware manufacturers and telecom operators including American Communications Services, HP, Lucent Technologies, sprint, U.S. Robotics and VocalTech. For companies interested in Internet telephony, interoperability is second only to ease of use. Research analysts believe that interoperability is essential if you want to build a market with multiple competitors. Some users who are using Internet telephony are most concerned about it