Japan VoIP Cell Phones. VoIP is also available with land line and Japan VoIP cell phones packages. In the US, providers need to present a stronger case for VoIP apart from highlighting the cost-benefits of VoIP.

Japan's VoIP Boom
In Japan, VoIP services are marketed bundled along with video and Internet by the cable providers. VoIP is also available with land line and Japan VoIP cell phones packages. In the US, providers need to present a stronger case for VoIP apart from highlighting the cost-benefits of VoIP.

Could the tech-hungry islands of Japan be a window into the future of VoIP in America? Slightly smaller in size than California and with less than half the population of the U.S., Japan could have 28 million VoIP users by 2008. Why?

"Japan is probably a year or so ahead of the world" in adoption of VoIP ands Japan VoIP cell phones, according to Kamal Anand, vice president of marketing at Meru Networks.

Meru recently inked a deal with three of Japan's four leading enterprise VoIP suppliers, Oki Electric, Hitachi, and Fujitsu. Meru will integrate its Voice-over-WLAN (VoWLAN) infrastructure with the Japanese companies' SIP servers and dual-mode Wi-Fi/cellular phones. The VoWLAN agreement means employees of companies served will be able to receive calls on their mobile phones no matter their location. Other workers will be able to roam a 28-floor hotel and stay in contact via Wi-Fi phones.

The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Meru calls Japan "the world's most advanced and demanding VoIP mobility market."