A Phone Call Can Wake Up My PC Now?
Jajah and Intel, which partnered up in May of last year, recently announced the first fruit of their collaboration together: now Intel makes it possible for a phone call to wake up a computer so it can be received!
The technology is called Remote Wake Technology (RWT). It can be used to wake a computer from “energy-efficient” sleep mode in order to receive a VoIP call. It is demonstrated in the video to the left.
Jajah will be the first provider to actually support this technology, making it possible for anyone who deploys Jajah’s telephony infrastructure to utilize this feature for their application or service.
To be perfectly honest, this does not excite me. While I do make a certain number of calls to my PC, it is not the center of my communications universe–my mobile phone is. This is true for millions of others just like me, particularly in places where there are very few desktop computers.
Where this could be interesting is with embedded appliances and SMB PBX units. It would allow these units to be much more energy efficient as they could “sleep” while not in use to pass traffic.
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Comment by spg
VOIP waking up your PC is a very good capability. what i do not like is intel teaming up with one specific VOIP operator on this. does this mean only jajah will be able to wake up my intel PC and no other VSP?
Comment by PhoneBoy
@spg It means Jajah (and other companies that use Jajah for their backend) will be the first that does it. I would have to assume others will eventually offer this as well, assuming it takes off.
I keep my computer on 24×7 anyway for various tasks, including automated backups and system updates. This technology is, for me at least, a non-starter.