Archive for July, 2007

Cellular Calls Just Got A Whole Lot Cheaper

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

T-Mobile’s new HotSpot@Home plan,for $10 extra a month, allows subscribers to make phone calls over a Wi-Fi network for free, without using any of any of their included free minutes.

T-Mobile provides users with special encrypted wireless router to set up at their home. The phones associated with the plan work in any hotspot that don’t require a login or in any T-Mobile hotspot anywhere in the world.

This means users can:

  1. Get a cheaper plan, as they will be using fewer minutes
  2. Use the phone to call home for free when you’re in a hotspot overseas, and
  3. Use the phone in areas that previously had poor service.

Blackberry 8300At present the range of phones do not well support the HotSpot@Home plan, but with the impending arrival of T-Mobile’s Blackberry 8300, things are about to change for the better…..finally!

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Femtocells Boost Poor Coverage Areas

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

With the recent forming of the Femtocell Forum in London this week, the rollout of Femtocells looks set to follow a quick path to market.  With forty founding members [only 7 willing to go public at this stage] the forum aims to focus on:

  • pre-competitive standards-focused issues including radio planning and control,
  • device provisioning and management
  • device to network standardization.

A marketing task force to promote the benefits of femtocell technology for both operators and subscribers. For more on the Femtocell Forum

Femtocell using a small wireless base station in the home or small business premise to boost WiFi over 3G connectivity to improve coverage and boost download speeds, using standard 3G handsets. For more on Femtocell technology and benefits.

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