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GSM Standard for WiFi and Bluetooth Compatibility

Posted by michael on from the roam-wasn't-built-in-a-day dept.

sjbe writes "Fourteen of the major wireless service providers have released a set of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) specifications permitting operation with licenced GSM and unlicensed (WiFi/Bluetooth) spectrum. So if we're lucky we might soon be able to use a GSM cell phone through a wireless base station and experience a seemless handoff to a cellular network once out of range."

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  1. Seemless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    experience a seemless handoff

    Do you mean a real handoff, instead of one that only seems to be a handoff?

    Or do you mean a seamless handoff?