France Telecom offers GSM/Wi-Fi phones with roaming service
France Telecom (FT) will launch its “Unik” GSM/Wi-Fi phones (on October 5) which allow FT customers to make calls on mobile and Wi-Fi networks. Neuf Telecom has a similar service called Twin already operating in France.France Telecom (FT) will launch its “Unik” GSM/Wi-Fi phones (on October 5) which allow FT customers to make calls on mobile and Wi-Fi networks. Neuf Telecom has a similar service called Twin already operating in France.
The “Unik” phones will connect automatically to the user’s Wi-Fi network when she is at home but outside the vicinity of the Wi-Fi network, it will use Orange’s mobile network. Unfortunately, the user has to buy the Livebox broadband decoder from FT and strangely enough, she can’t make voice over Wi-Fi calls from Orange’s own hotspots (at least for now).
Pricing: in addition to the Orange high-speed Internet subscription, you have to pay 10 EUR per month for unlimited calls to fixed lines or 22 EUR per month for unlimited calls to fixed lines and mobile phones.
They will be selling the following UMA-enabled phones: Nokia 6136, Samsung P200 et Motorola A910 (each costs about 100 EUR). In France, thirty percent of mobile calls are made from the home, and FT hopes that 15 percent of its Orange clients will sign up for the service by the end of 2008 (see Yahoo Business news article).
The “Unik” phones (and service) will be launched in the Netherlands through Orange in October and in the UK in November.
For news about Wi-Fi in France, go to www.canardwifi.com.
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