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Danes Getting Hybrid IP Mobiles

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

praps writes "UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) technology is here — well, in Denmark — meaning users can access mobile and Internet (IP) telephony on the same phone. The same phone that works outside the home as a normal mobile phone that automatically seeks out a mobile network can also be used as an IP phone, which uses wireless technology to make very low-cost calls."

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  1. Good thing! by Cybert4 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hopefully we'll get IPv6 going so we can speed up cost savers such as this.

    Although maybe the cell companies will see this and sabotage the IPv6 process.

    The only problem I see with this is taking off from the house while in a call. Cell phone latencies for connect are in the multi-second range. May not be an issue as we already have call hand-offs between towers. Also, sometimes my WiFi gets iffy for no good reason. I'd like a smooth handoff to cell in this situation as well. But anything to cut into rediculous cell bills is a good thing!

  2. Gads. by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just goes to show what you can do without corporations owning your lawmakers.

    I suppose any day now some vested external interest will claim this is denying them hard earned income and try to sway the Danish parliament to ban this or at the very least put it under the supervision of an oligarchy.

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    1. Re:Gads. by Carewolf · · Score: 2, Insightful

      No they are not. Denmark is one of the most liberal countries in the world. Compared to the US, only hospitals are state owned, everything else have been privatized.

  3. America's capitalism is a hindrance to progress by User+956 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Meanwhile, we can't even get regular dual-SIM cell phones here in America, because the service providers are so paranoid about losing customers.

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  4. Re:I'll ask the oblivious question..... by legoburner · · Score: 3, Insightful
    No, it's because the ARE forward-thinking. Why would they do anything on purpose to cut into their revenue stream? All that can happen is that they lose money, short-term and long-term...

    This is half true. There is a lot to be gained for them in city areas where there is a lot of GPRS/GSM congestion as instead of needing to put up more towers in expensive areas with expensive fees, they can give vastly increased bandwidth through wifi points in key locations. This opens up a more stable connection for all, and allows more data services through, allowing more features and functionality on the phone with which they can then rip you off in some new, exciting way.
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  5. Nokia E-series. by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Nokia E60, E61 and E70 are capable of SIP calls over WiFi.

    I'll hopefully be getting mine this week, in the UK.

    Mostly they are cool phones. I have an E70, the VPN sucks because you can't configure it without a special software suite from Nokia and the display rotation is a bit slow the E70's the fold open QWERTY keyboard is brilliant though and it has backlit keys like a MacBook Pro. The Blackberry and Exchange clients mostly make up for the sucky VPN client. Some people also gripe about the lack of a front mounted camera for video calls but I can't say that I miss the feature. The E70 also has a really good LCD display.

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