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04-13-2007, 10:30 AM
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 |  Well... I just have to wonder how it will affect old fashion cell companies. Does it work----ie, can it pass off a signal from one tower to the next? If it does work, seems that the cellular business is sunk. |
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04-13-2007, 10:55 AM
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04-13-2007, 11:26 AM
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| well, why would you need a cell industry? If I mut up a WiMax tower that covers 25 miles, and has speeds of 6MBper second for data, handles voice, etc just fine...why would I pay VZW $50 per month for much slower data? |
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04-13-2007, 11:33 AM
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| you wouldnt they would be using the new speeds. This technology is BY and FOR the cell companies, not to replace them.
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| Large enterprises could realize substantial savings from “dual-mode” phones capable of seamlessly hopping from cellular to WiFi, especially with many enterprises now replacing their office phones with Voice-over-Internet Protocol systems. But the leading VoIP supplier Cisco Systems (CSCO) has lamented that cellular operators seem in no great rush to certify dual-mode handset models that would allow cellular subscribers to user fewer cellular minutes. So I was intrigued when a bunch of WiMAX World panelists predicted that the arrival of cellular-WiFi would be huge. Motorola (MOT) marketing executive Hossein Parandeh said that his company was testing such dual-mode phones. Which operators are removing their roadblocks, I asked him? Some wireless operators own both cellular and WiFi networks, he hinted. Which ones? Two of the operators fitting that description were British Telecom (BT) and Verizon Communications (VZ), he said. So has Verizon Wireless been testing dual mode phones? “I can’t comment,” said the Motorola vice president, who quickly shook my hand and said, “Gotta go!” http://wireless.seekingalpha.com/article/18240 |
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