VoWLAN

VoWLAN- (Voice over Wireless LAN) is the use of a wireless broadband network for the purpose of voice conversation. It’s just like VoIP but over a Wi-Fi network. VoWLAN can be conducted over any internet accessible device, including a Laptop, PDA or the new VoWLAN units which look and function like Cell Phone / Mobile Phone. VoWLAN's major advantages to consumers are cheaper local and international calls, free calls to other VoWLAN units and a simplified integrated billing of both phone and Internet service providers.

Although VoWLAN and 3G have certain feature similarities, VoWLAN is different in the sense that it uses a wireless internet network (typically on 802.11x) rather than a Cell Phone network. Both VoWLAN and 3G are used in different ways.

For example, a company with fixed warehouses or locations would take advantage of their existing Wi-Fi network and use VoIP - (VoWLAN) for employees to communicate each other.

Non-VoWLAN Solution: Another example would be a company that has mobile workers very much like the FedEx delivery person or the CocaCola delivery driver who delivers goods to a store. These workers need to take advantage of 3G type services whereby a cellular company (such like Cingular, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint/Nextel) provide data access between the handheld device (Cell Phone / Mobile Phone) and the companies back-end network.