Wi-Fi Cell Phone Battle Looms
Wireless phone companies, worried their customers may start using VoIP services like Skype as Wi-Fi-enabled phones become commonplace, are lining up behind an alternate technology called UMA.More here.
UMA, short for Unlicensed Mobile Access, would allow calls to move seamlessly from the GSM (global system for mobile communications) cellular network to Wi-Fi networks. More important to the cell companies, it would let the operators retain control over the call and charge the customer for the time.
With Skype and some other VoIP services, customers would be able to call for free once their phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network. With some U.S. cities now proposing free citywide Wi-Fi services, that could mean billions in lost revenue for the wireless firms.
posted by Fergie @ 4/05/2006 08:43:00 AM
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