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According to the customer service staff of a VoIP provider, the key parts of broadband VoIP are voice gateway and local billing software. They provide gateways, software and services, and telephones and computers are not expensive. Pulling a broadband is up to 200 yuan a month, and the investment in a small chat bar is 5000 yuan.
In addition to providing services for investors who want to talk, VoIP providers also welcome individual users to use VoIP. Generally, the domestic long-distance call charge is 0.09-0. 12 yuan/minute, and the international long-distance call charge is about 0.20-0.50 yuan/minute.
Like other large and medium-sized cities in China, after Internet cafes, in Guangzhou, "Talk Bar" with the selling point of "domestic long-distance 80 cents or/kloc-0 cents a minute" has become quite popular in recent years. This small bar is aimed at the low-income floating population in the city. Some of them are public telephones approved by telecom operators and have business licenses, but most of them are shops that illegally operate VoIP, so they can only be hidden in suburbs, urban-rural fringe areas, villages in cities and other places where migrants are concentrated and difficult to supervise. Through the field investigation of several villages in the city, such as Xiancun, shipai village Village, Longtan Village and Yangji Village, the reporter found that VoIP, which is cheaper than ordinary long-distance calls, is arousing consumers' strong interest. At the same time, because of low investment, low cost and low risk, talk bar industry is booming. However, the reporter learned from Guangdong Telecom that although VoIP has been piloted in Shenzhen, the company has not piloted this business in Guangzhou.
Some words "franchise" VoIP
The reporter was introduced to Uncle Ming, a boss who opened a chat bar in a village in Haizhu District, and introduced the process of opening a chat bar to the reporter. Shu Ming, who used to run a canteen in a village in the city, said, "Companies often invite them to join us. Because of the small investment, I tried to invest several thousand yuan in the canteen at the beginning of last year. "
The reporter saw that in the corner of the canteen, there were several telephone rooms surrounded by aluminum alloy and glass. There is a telephone and a chair in each telephone room, and an old computer is placed on the toll counter to keep time and charge, which constitutes a "not bad environment".
Uncle Ming told reporters, "The most important thing is a computer, a gateway, and a monthly broadband line, which cost me about 4,000 yuan." In addition, I have to recharge the companies that operate VoIP every month and buy a certain amount of "traffic" to do business. It is reported that the "call fee" per minute is about 0.09 yuan, and uncle Ming's charge is 0. 15 yuan/minute for domestic calls. "There are more foreigners living here. I can earn thousands of dollars a month, which is better than being a canteen alone."
The reporter found that there are many large-scale similar renovations in the village in the city. The light box advertisement of "domestic long distance 1 corner/minute" stands conspicuously on the roadside, and even the poster of "8 cents/minute" is lower, and the price has become a sharp weapon for everyone to compete for. When the reporter asked about the business license and business license, Uncle Ming didn't seem to be worried. "Who will take care of these villages in the city?" Everyone just pays the management fee to the village Committee every month. If there is a big business, we will close the door first. "
Invite VoIP providers to join.
The reporter searched by typing keywords such as VoIP and telephone bar in the search engine, and found that there are many VoIP providers on the network, calling themselves so-and-so technology companies, providing VoIP services for enterprises, telephone bars and individuals.
For operators who want to talk about it, these websites have played a "selling point" with high profits and low investment. They often like to compare with the "IP talk bar" provided by telecom operators to highlight their price advantage. Some websites even claim that there are too many traditional public telephone supermarkets and the competition is too fierce. Moreover, the communication costs are mostly the same, which can't open the price gap of various traditional bars, but we can increase the profits of operators by another 50%! "
According to the customer service staff of a VoIP provider, the key parts of this broadband VoIP are voice gateway and local billing software. "We will provide gateways, software and services, and telephones and computers are not expensive. Pulling a broadband is up to 200 yuan a month, and the investment of a small phone bar is 5000 yuan. After installation, you only need to operate and collect money! "
Another Guangdong company even told a reporter who called for advice, "There are a lot of conversations now. If you are interested, you can be our agent, and the income is more impressive than talking about it. " It is reported that the agent's duty is to sell VoIP equipment and develop customers and enterprises. With customers, they can enjoy a steady stream of telephone charges. The longer the time, the more users and the greater the profit. The company can also provide an independent management platform for agents to operate and manage customers.
Suppliers also provide services to individuals.
These VoIP providers not only provide services for investors who want to talk, but also welcome individual users to use VoIP. Generally, the domestic long-distance call charge is 0.09-0. 12 yuan/minute, and the international long-distance call charge is about 0.20-0.50 yuan/minute.
According to a technology company in Beijing, it provides an "Internet phone" for individual users. The telephone has two interfaces, computer and telephone, which can meet the requirements of correct internet access and telephone calls. Call the other person's phone number just like an ordinary phone call. "The number we assign to users is the official number resource of the country, which can be used for calling, called and making international calls." There are also some companies that provide VoIP software. After installation, users can purchase their "network calling card" to recharge it, and then they can make dial-up calls.
On July 18 last year, the Ministry of Information Industry issued relevant notices issued by local communication administrations and operators' headquarters, requiring that no unit or individual should engage in this business except China Telecom and China Netcom, which can conduct commercial trials of IP phones in PC-Phone mode in some areas. The reporter also learned from the Communications Administration that before the promulgation of other policies and regulations on VoIP, any unit or individual that carries out VoIP service of PC-Phone will be regarded as "illegal telecommunication service", and the Communications Administration has the right to organize investigation and ban it.
Noun interpretation
network phone
Voip (Voice over Internet Protocol) uses gateway technology to send analog voice signals in the form of "data packets" through the Internet. Each packet is encrypted with an address and destination. When these packets arrive at their destination, they will be reassembled and converted into ordinary speech.
An Internet technical expert explained to reporters that the above-mentioned VoIP is based on the principle that voice signals are converted into data signals and transmitted through broadband Internet. This VoIP provider has developed so-called "voice gateway" and "voice phone" by itself, which uses broadband to access the Internet and then enters the communication network through gateways located abroad, so that VoIP can talk with fixed telephones or mobile phones all over the country or even the world. Because the call charges of VoIP are basically free, these manufacturers let telephone bars, enterprises and individual users buy "phone charges" for business after selling equipment, thus providing this service to earn illegal profits, which has a great impact on the profits of telecom operators.
network phone
Skype is the most popular personal VoIP software, which uses P2P technology to connect users. This technology is characterized by unlimited free calls with other Skype users all over the world. And it can be used with all firewalls, NAT and routers without any configuration. When a user's Skype friends are online and ready to talk or chat, a list of friends will be displayed to you. It is super simple and convenient to use. The call process is end-to-end encrypted and very confidential.
Originally, Skype function was limited to the free communication between computer users through the Internet, that is, PC-PC. Now this function is still free. However, with the upgrade of the version and the continuous enhancement of functions, Skype has realized the communication between Internet users and telecom users, that is, PC-Phone. For example, the Skyout service provided by Skype can make calls to fixed telephones and mobile phones all over the world through PC, and the cost can be greatly reduced. Take China as an example. According to the standard of telephone charges published on Skype website, the telephone charges for calling China's fixed telephones and mobile terminals from anywhere in the world are 0.026 euros per minute, which is less than 0.3 yuan's RMB. This has greatly affected the interests of fixed telephone operators, so in China, according to the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Information Industry, PC-Phone service is not allowed, but the PC-PC function of Skype can still be used.
Four communication modes of VoIP
Internationally recognized, VoIP has four communication modes:
In the Classified Catalogue of Telecommunication Services issued by the Ministry of Information Industry, IP phones of Phone-Phone and PC-Phone are clearly defined as the first kind of basic telecommunication services, and only a few basic telecommunication operators are qualified to operate at present.
The attitude of the Ministry of Information Industry to VoIP is that no unit or individual is allowed to engage in this business except that China Telecom and China Netcom can conduct commercial trials of PC-Phone IP phones in some areas.
Before the National Day last year, the Ministry of Information Industry announced that Shangrao, Jiangxi and Shenzhen, Guangdong were the pilot cities of VoIP. It is understood that so far, only these four cities have been allowed to conduct VoIP experiments.
PC-PC VoIP is not regulated.
As for PC-PC business, many instant messaging software on the market have voice function, which can be classified as VoIP PC-PC. This part does not belong to the first category of basic telecommunications services and is not regulated.
A direct attack by a reporter
The reporter experienced VoIP on the spot.
There is noise, but you can talk normally.
A few days ago, the reporter had a personal experience in several bars in Tianhe shipai village. In several bars with the number "1 corner/minute", the reporter noticed that there were six or seven telephones with less than 10 square meter in the store, but the business license, business license and tariff table were not found, and the staff used the computer to calculate the charges. The reporter called a foreign friend's landline to do the experiment. Although there is a little noise sometimes, the phone is connected and you can talk normally. However, a friend told reporters that the call was a strange number and I couldn't see where it was.
A consumer told reporters that it is convenient to have these downstairs and the business is good. "It's cheaper than mobile phones and IP cards, and you don't need to remember your account password. I sometimes call for an hour or two. "
Some stores also admit that with more and more people talking, everyone's profits are getting thinner and thinner. Many people cheat consumers by playing low prices and speeding up the call time.
Operator statement
Relevant person in charge of Guangdong Telecom Marketing Department:
It is inevitable that VoIP will replace the existing long-distance telephone.
In the VoIP pilot deployed by the Ministry of Information Industry last year, Guangdong Telecom was responsible for the VoIP test in Shenzhen. It is understood that at present, only Shenzhen is allowed to test VoIP in our province. The relevant person in charge of Guangdong Telecom Marketing Department said that Shenzhen's population composition, business atmosphere, cultural quality and technical basic conditions are the main factors to become the pilot of VoIP. He pointed out that according to the global development trend, it is inevitable that VoIP will replace the existing long-distance telephone. As a traditional operator, China Telecom should actively test this business and explore new business models under the unified national regulations. In addition, as an Internet-based service, fixed-line operators should promote it together with broadband services to gradually realize the smooth transition from traditional voice to network voice.
As for the future operation mode of VoIP, the person in charge said that the first thing to do is not to bring inconvenience to users. "There should be a smooth transition with the existing telephone service mode," he said. Technology update is the business of operators, and users can get better service unconsciously.
Secondly, it is understood that in addition to VoIP technology itself, it also includes the exploration of some new business models. However, in the half-year test, telecom still has no trial commercial number, and all VoIP users are still test users.
Global perspective
Overseas ecology of VoIP
United States of America
There are 4.5 million VoIP users.
The United States is one of the countries with the fastest expansion of IP telephone market in the world.
It is understood that as of the end of last year, the number of VoIP users in the United States tripled to 4.5 million, and its operating income exceeded 654.38 billion US dollars.
Japan
The number of VoIP users reached 6.5438+0.03 million.
As early as 200 1, Japan established an agreement meeting to promote the popularization of VoIP. Kyocera, AT & amp； T, Japan Telecom, Japan Electric Company and other 15 companies are all involved. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan also called on large communication enterprises such as Japan Telecom and KDDI to participate, hoping to replace the fixed telephones of families and enterprises with Internet telephones in 2005.
Although as of 2005, Japan's vision has not been realized, the development of VoIP is still unstoppable.
According to the statistics of Japan Telecom, the number of VoIP users in Japan has increased from 365,438+million in 2003 to 65,438+003 million at the end of March 2005. There are more than 60 million users of traditional fixed-line telephones. Japan also plans to launch VoIP service for mobile phones in 2007.
South Korea
The number of VoIP users will reach 4 million next year.
South Korea is one of the fastest developing countries of VoIP in the world. It is understood that 2/3 users have installed VoIP equipment in their homes. Just add 070 before dialing. By the end of 2005, the VoIP equipment market in South Korea has increased from 70.3 billion won in 2004 to 2.26 billion US dollars, which has tripled. According to foreign reports, it is expected to grow at a rate of 4 1% in the next five years. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Information and Communication Industry of Korea, by 2007, the number of VoIP users in Korea will reach 4 million.
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