Samsung gets into the internet phone market
July 21st, 2001Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has developed their first-ever internet phone, the ITP-100. Already available in Korea, it is a regular phone with Samsung’s technology applied to it for internet connectivity.
Using the ITP-100, you can connect to high-speed networks via cable or ASDL and make voice calls as well as send/receive data with the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology.
With the ITP-100, international calls can be made at local call rates. Users can save up to 70% on their phone bills.
Samsung Electronics has already completed an Internet phone supply agreement with Lucent Technologies as part of their strategy to penetrate the US market. Trial services will begin in August 2001, and the company expects to begin commercial shipping to the North American market in September this year.
Samsung Electronics sees the internet phone being well received by the corporate market and expects at least 20% of the world’s corporate telephone systems to switch over to internet phones by 2004. To meet this demand, Samsung Electronics plans to export 20,000 units to North America this year, 150,000 in 2002, and at least 1 million units by 2004.
Plans to bring the internet phone to Asia are already in the pipeline. They will be commercially available here once all the necessary tests have been carried out and regulatory approvals have been obtained.
- First published on IT AsiaOne, News
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