Nothing like perfect timing: Only a few weeks after blocking Truphone's mobile VoIP client, T-Mobile launches an Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)-based fixed mobile convergence (FMC) service that enables its subscribers to make calls from home or any place there's a T-Mobile Hot Spot via WiFi. HotSpot@Home service enables T-Mobile subscribers to make WiFi or cellular calls using a single number and seamlessly switch those calls between both networks. HotSpot@Home's introductory rates, which remain in place indefinitely for those who sign up now, price in at an additional $10 a month to individual users' T-Mobile calling plans, or an extra $20 a month for an additional five lines for those with family calling plans.
For the full scoop on T-Mobile's venture into WiFi:
- read this GigaOm article [1]
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Is T-Mobile about to liberate wVoIP? Report [2]
T-Mobile CEO says wVoIP won't catch on. Report [3]
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Links:
[1] http://gigaom.com/2007/06/27/tmobile-hotspot-at-home/
[2] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/is-t-mobile-about-to-liberate-wvoip/2006-10-03
[3] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/t-mobile-ceo-says-wvoip-won-t-catch-on/2007-02-16
[4] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/orange-to-launch-unique-wifi-cell-service/2006-09-29