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Hybrid Fixed and Mobile Telephony

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-waiting-for-the-voip-version dept.

Iorek writes "Both Ericsson and BT have launched telephony products that erode the barriers between mobile phones and landlines. Ericsson's One Phone is a PBX system that can treat any mobile phone as an extension of the corporate phone network, while the BT Fusion handset behaves like a conventional fixed line cordless phone when it's near its base station (Bluetooth connection), and connects to the Vodafone network once it's out of range."

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  1. Re:interesting by dj_paulgibbs · · Score: 3, Informative

    It does, it comes with a wireless router/modem - http://www.btfusion.bt.com/

  2. Relatively Old News by aardwolf64 · · Score: 4, Informative

    When I had my second job at OfficeMax in 1995, we sold a 900Mhz wireless phone that turned into a cell phone once you got a certain distance away. I think it cost around $400. The only thing different between this and the "new" one is the bluetooth...

  3. It's all soooo 2003... by Dynamoo · · Score: 3, Informative
    BT has sunk millions of pounds into coming up with a solution which might have been really cool two years ago, but now looks dated.

    Quite apart from the Motorola V560 which is beginning to look like a bit of a relic, the system itself has lots of rough edges, is extremely restrictive and looks like a product in search of a market, not the other way around.

    Here's a different take on the BT Fusion / Motorola V560 / Bluephone thing. Not pretty.

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  4. Re:Will the cell network have preference? by Detritus · · Score: 4, Informative

    The digit '1' is not a toll indicator in the North American Numbering Plan. Its misinterpretation as a toll indicator is a historical artifact of the way that many telephone switching systems were setup in the relay era. When you dialed '1', your local step-by-step central office handed off the call to a toll switch, which could route and connect long distance calls. In the modern world, it tells the switch to expect another 10 digits. It does not indicate a toll call. A 11-digit number can be a local call and a 7-digit or 10-digit number can be a toll call. Programming all 11 digits into a dialer ensures that the call will be completed, whether it's local or long distance.

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  5. Re:interesting by jacksonj04 · · Score: 3, Informative

    VoIP it is. The service needs a BT Broadband line, and the 'hub' routes calls over VoIP.

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