Some substantial excerpts taken from the white papers and past PR's to possibly answer some questions:
(and Beer, did you ever stop to think that maybe Microsoft is not the ONLY company they are marketing this to? Or that they are not ONLY talking to US companies?)
(And Penny.. GREAT response!)
Hence:
? _Most phone handsets support voice connections via a network technology other than VoIP, e.g.; PSTN, GSM, CDMA, etc.
? _The corollary of this is that most local phone networks are delivering voice communications on everything but VoIP
? _Telephone networks are increasingly interconnecting voice calls using IP networks, or Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol)
? _Virtually all telephony providers are billing and are therefore metering calls that cross between VoIP and other realms of communication
? _Because these activities require call classification, metering, and billing virtually all voice operators are using the RBR technology
? _A pure VoIP operator that meters and bills is using the RBR technology
SMS services, as you have just learned, are a component of most mobile phone networks. Those mobile networks meter and bill text messages and very often transmit those text messages to one another via VoIP networks utilizing the RBR technology.
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is an extension of SMS where the SMS messaging system is used to transmit the internet locations of pictures, video, and other multimedia content. But it relies on SMS which relies on GSM/VoIP interoperability, which relies upon the RBR technology.
Twitter is a service that enables millions of people to stay in-touch with niche communities of like interests. Twitter messages (tweets) are transmitted via SMS, which utilizes RBR technology.
Whether you place a call directly through a VoIP service retailer or make a long-distance call over a traditional phone system or mobile carrier, you are likely to use VoIP somewhere along the way. In our everyday communications VoIP is rapidly expanding towards ubiquity. Wherever a metered VoIP call is routed, it is likely already benefitting from a Voip-Pal technology.
VoIP-Pal recognized that in order for a VoIP network to operate as an international or national network it must emulate and integrate with the telecommunication network and comply with the essential regulations. The company progressively developed and implemented a VoIP system, which achieves these objectives. The architecture and the technology are enshrined in five fundamental patents. The resulting digital systems are able to be virtualized and migrated into the Cloud across the world to rapidly produce a new generation of Telecommunications compliant with national and international standards.
VoIP-Pal recognized that in order for a VoIP network to operate as an international or national network it must emulate and integrate with the telecommunication network and comply with the essential regulations. The company progressively developed and implemented a VoIP system, which achieves these objectives. The architecture and the technology are enshrined in five fundamental patents. The resulting digital systems are able to be virtualized and migrated into the Cloud across the world to rapidly produce a new generation of Telecommunications compliant with national and international standards.
Voip-Pal.com Asserts its Lawful Intercept Technology is the First Patented Method of Intercepting VoIP Communications
Voip-Pal.com Inc. (“Voip-Pal”, “Company”) (OTC Pink: VPLM) asserts that its Lawful Intercept technology (U.S. Patent No. 8,422,507), is the first patented method for intercepting VoIP communications. The Voice over internet Protocol (VoIP) industry is experiencing very rapid growth, while traditional landline subscriptions are on the decline. In 2012 the VoIP industry saw revenues of $63 billion, and is currently experiencing double digit growth. With the number of mobile VoIP subscribers expected to reach 410 million by 2015, traditional wiretapping by law enforcement agencies is being rendered obsolete in that it is not effective in VoIP communications interception. Voip-Pal’s Lawful Intercept patent was applied for in 2007, two years before Microsoft Corporation filed for a patent, for its own version entitled Legal Intercept in 2009, (US Patent Application 20110153809). Though both patent applications had substantial similarities, Voip-Pal’s version had priority due to its earlier filing date. Microsoft’s Legal Intercept was rejected by the USPTO in 2011 and Voip-Pal’s Lawful Intercept was allowed in January of 2013 and issued as a patent this past April.
The ability to intercept VoIP communications is a critical part of the global war on terrorism. Governments around the world have blocked Microsoft’s SKYPE and similar applications due to their inability to monitor communications for the purposes of law enforcement. Recently Saudi Arabia and India announced intentions to join the long list of countries that have already banned SKYPE, joining Turkey, Pakistan, and Egypt among many others across several continents. VoIP-Pal’s Lawful Intercept was developed specifically to address the global demands of governments to enable law enforcement agencies the ability to perform live intercepts of VoIP communications. As the first patented technology of its kind, VoIP-Pal’s Lawful Intercept stands alone as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies around the world.
Voip-Pal.com Inc. (“Voip-Pal”, “Company”) (OTC Pink: VPLM) announces that its patented Lawful Intercept Technology (U.S. Patent No. 8,422,507) could solve the major challenges associated with the current U.S. Government’s NSA surveillance program. In recent months, it has come to light that the NSA has been accumulating all forms of data and communications in a very broad surveillance program, causing major concerns regarding potential violations of privacy. Since the attacks on American soil of September 11, 2001, the threat of global terrorism has prompted the need for increased surveillance in order to intercept and thwart potential terror plots. As a result, Voip-Pal believes the United States Government has had no other option but to have the NSA launch a broad and blanketed approach to surveillance by collecting personal data and communications from all citizens, resulting in much concern from privacy advocates and greater distrust in the government among its citizens. Now with the provision of Lawful Intercept through Voip-Pal, the Company feels that it has provided a better alternative which creates a method of more strategically targeted surveillance without the need to monitor communications from the public at large, keeping peoples’ privacy intact.
Lawful Intercept technology will provide the U.S. and other world governments a much more effective and totally stealth method of legally intercepting all forms of VoIP communications including SKYPE, Vonage, Magic Jack, as well as VoIP to landline calls. Until the USPTO’s approval of Voip-Pal’s Lawful Intercept patent earlier this year, there was not an effective means of stealthily intercepting communications from specific pinpointed suspects, resulting instead in the current blanket approach of gathering information from the population at large. Lawful Intercept will allow for government agencies to pinpoint their surveillance to specific criminal and terrorist suspects only, without the need for the widespread collection of data. Lawful Intercept is a real time means of intercepting communications that is designed to be an invaluable tool in providing for national security and assisting law enforcement agencies to prevent terrible tragedies like the Boston Marathon bombing and Mumbai Massacre.
Voip-Pal's Lawful Intercept Patent Pending is part of Voip-Pal's acquisition of Digifonica International Gibraltar ("Digifonica"). Digifonica's Lawful Intercept Patent Application is called "Intercepting Voice Over IP Communications and other Data Transmissions" and was filed on November 29, 2007 (US Patent Application 20100150138, link to Digifonica International's USPTO filing). Microsoft Corporation's "Legal Intercept" Patent Application was filed on December 23, 2009 filing (US Patent Application 20110153809, link to Microsoft's USPTO filing), two years after Voip-Pal/Digifonica's Lawful Intercept Patent Application date. There are substantial similarities between Voip-Pal/Digifonica's Lawful Intercept Patent Application and Microsoft's "Legal Intercept" Patent Application.
Voip-Pal/Digifonica's Lawful Intercept Patent Application has successfully completed the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) International Phase. The Patent Application now enters into the National Phase and is expected to be examined by EU member countries in addition to the United States and Canada. The status of Voip-Pal/Digifonica's Lawful Intercept application is under active prosecution processing and currently Patent Pending.
Voip-Pal/Digifonica's Lawful Intercept Patent Application discloses the most efficient way of intercepting voice over the Internet. This revolutionary technology was developed to address the national and international demands by governments to enable law agencies the ability to perform scheduled and live intercepts (wire-taps) on Digital Voice telephone conversations. This technology has been trialed at several relevant agencies in the UK, and complies with the ETSI (European telecommunications Standards Institute) and UK NHIS (National Handover Interface Standard) standards.
Compliance with the ETSI and NHIS standards ensures that the Lawful Intercept technology can be adopted by all European Union member countries who have recently announced a desire to terminate network providers who do not offer Lawful Intercept solutions (this would include service providers such as Skype). India has also made it clear its desire to "kick out" service providers who cannot offer some kind of Lawful Intercept solution.
"Federal law enforcement agencies have expressed frustration in trying to track and record criminal and terrorist internet conversations," explains Dennis Chang, President of Voip-Pal. "Our Lawful Intercept technology would allow government agencies to 'silently record' VOIP communications. CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) requires telecommunications carriers and makers of communications equipment to enable their equipment so it can be used for surveillance purposes by federal law enforcement agencies."
