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Wi-Fi Phones May Be Next Trend in Thrift

Discussion in 'Wireless News' started by crood, May 10, 2004.

  1. crood

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    NEW YORK (AP) -- Now that some Wi-Fi "hot spots" have grown into broader neighborhood "hot zones," the next wave is waiting: Phones and gear that send conversations over wireless Internet networks -- for free or at a fraction of the cost of traditional calls.

    Mobile phone maker Motorola Inc. plans to introduce a device that would seamlessly switch calls from cellular networks to cheaper Wi-Fi networks wherever they're available. Discount carrier IDT Corp. is testing consumer Wi-Fi phone service in Newark, N.J.



    biz.yahoo.com/ap/040509/wi_fi_phones_15.html
     
    #1 crood, May 10, 2004
  2. twopiece

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    Interesting article. Wonder what the answer will be from the telecom giants?
     
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    VZW announced today that it will no longer offer ANY WI-FI services.
     
    #3 jayc, May 10, 2004
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    Matt Twin girls!
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    I wonder what T-Mobile, who has made a big Hotspot/WiFi push, will do....I guess they would become quite active in this area, especially since they have not made any UMTS announcements.
     
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    Yup another Flop. :rasp:
     
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    Cisco has a product that uses WiFi and it looks pretty much like a cellphone. I do have to say though that I didn't like the coverage range. I mean, it died faster than your regular 900Mhz cordless phone! Just walking down the isle it garbles quickly. Sound quality was nice, though. However, due to WiFi's limited range, I expect WiFi to die indoors, meaning it won't spread beyond the walls of buildings. To cover just an airport or a college campus, you need as nearly as many WiFi stations as you need regular cell sites to cover a metro area. WiFi will never become a wide-area solution like WiMAX or 3G technologies. So I wonder why even bother with WiFi phones when we have something much better already?
     
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