VoIP payphone ready to roll

18 August 2006

A new generation of internet pay phones are ready to hit the streets in Australia, wrapping broadband access and IP telephony into a single device.

The WebPhone, launched this week by Perth-based company, Pie Networks, works in a similar way to existing card and coin-operated payphones, but it runs over a wireless or broadband internet connection, and can also double as a WiFi hotspot.

Customers using the WebPhone device will be able to check web-based email applications, perform online transactions, download music from online retailers, and transfer and email their photographs from digital cameras.