But it has also validated voice portals as a way to make voice-enabled services available to the wider world of wireless telephony. Voice portals, similar to Web portals, are places where a variety of information comes together. With voice portals, however, the information is accessible through a single phone number.
Users send and receive information by voice.
Most voice portals have content and services geared toward mobile users. The fact that the technology piggybacks on the recent craze for wireless phones helps its popularity. Voice portals also make interaction with sites and services easier. It is also a sign of things to come with other voice portals. Companies will not want to be left behind in the rapidly changing world of wireless communications.