Fusion Telecom to Launch VoIP service

Skype is no doubt a name to reckon with in the VoIP industry. Competition has been there and now another company called Fusion Telecommunication is set to launch its brand of VoIP services. New York based, Fusion Telecom believes with the launch of its Efonica service, it will have an edge over Skype.

Efonica will introduce the world's first worldwide Internet Area Code (10), which is dialed ahead of your standard phone number. This is to be used instead of a new number or user name when connecting via the VoIP service. With voice processing technology that can withstand up to 30% packet losses, Efonica should prove to be a better solution for use in countries where broadband is not so prevalent. The company also claims that it took more than 5 years to develop a new IP telephony architecture termed DSP technology (Directed SIP Peer-to-Peer). According to the company sources this can "substantially improves upon current methods of delivering VoIP calls" Unlike Skype that eats into much of the users machine resources and bandwidth, Efonica will leverage more on Fusion's carrier-class network and back-office infrastructure.

The company's website also claims that with DSP, it will greatly reduce exposing a subscribers computer to allow it to be used as temporary transit points thereby making it relatively safer -"This not only uses the computer and network resources without the explicit knowledge of the subscriber, but also creates an enormous network security risk for enterprise networks".

The company plans to focus its attention in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean where use of broadband is rather low. To start with Efonica services will be available in 3 forms - Efonica FREE, Efonica PLUS a paid service, and Efonica PRO for business users.
Efonica no doubt promises the best and with Call Waiting, Caller ID with Name, Call Hold, Call Transfer, Call Forwarding, and Do Not Disturb. All for free! It remains to be seen if they will definitely have the edge over Skype and if they will deliver.