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T-Mobile Trials Hotspot @Home Talk Forever
Feb 21, 2008, 8:48 AM
T-Mobile has begun trialling HotSpot @Home Talk Forever Home Phone in Seattle and Dallas. The new service will allow T-Mobile subscribers to plug a standard home phone into their ...   read

T-Mobile @Home Launches
Jun 24, 2008, 11:10 PM
T-Mobile USA today launched T-Mobile @Home, a service that allows customers to connect their home phone to T-Mobile service for $10/month with unlimited national calling. The service requires a ...   read

T-Mobile Launches UMA Service In Seattle
Oct 23, 2006, 6:21 PM
T-Mobile today rolled out the HotSpot @Home service in Seattle area stores. "HotSpot @Home" is T-Mobile's brand name for Universal Mobile Access (UMA) which allows a cell phone to ...   read

T-Mobile Offers Business Customers UMA Service
Feb 6, 2009, 9:03 AM
Today T-Mobile and technology partner Meru Networks announced a new enterprise offering that resembles its Hotspot @Home service. Businesses that use T-Mobile's wireless service, but have poor indoor coverage, ...   read

T-Mobile Extending Hotspot @Home Service to Businesses
Oct 5, 2009, 9:47 AM
Today T-Mobile announced that it is offering a service similar to its Hotspot @Home calling plan to business customers. Hotspot @Home allows users to make voice calls via their ...   read

Sprint Introduces Airave To Help Weak Reception
Sep 17, 2007, 2:57 AM
updated Sprint will begin offering a new femtocell device to help improve reception in homes to subscribers in Denver and Indianapolis. The Airave is a small box users plug ...   read

T-Mobile Issues Statement Regarding Hotspot Services
Feb 16, 2008, 3:13 PM
T-Mobile said that its Hotspot and Hotspot@Home customers will not be affected by Starbucks' announcement to switch Wi-Fi providers from T-Mobile to AT&T. Per existing roaming agreements that T-Mobile ...   read

T-Mobile Takes HotSpot@Home National
Jun 27, 2007, 12:13 AM
T-Mobile today announced nationwide availability of its HotSpot@Home calling service. This uses special Wi-Fi equipped handsets to transfer voice calls to designated HotSpots when they are in range. When ...   read

FCC Reveals New HotSpot @Home Router - With Phone Jacks
Aug 9, 2007, 1:23 AM
The FCC has approved a new Linksys Router with T-Mobile HotSpot @Home branding in some of the documents. This new model includes 2 SIM slots and 2 phone jacks ...   read

AT&T's MicroCell Set for National Roll-Out
Mar 24, 2010, 2:24 PM
Today AT&T announced plans to unroll its 3G MicroCell femtocell product and service nationwide. AT&T has been trialling femtocells in test markets in Georgia. Beginning in mid-April, it will ...   read

T-Mobile Lowers Price of Hotspot@Home
Feb 14, 2008, 6:11 AM
T-Mobile has dropped the monthly price of its Hotspot @Home service from $20 to $10. The Hotspot@Home service allows for unlimited calling from a Wi-Fi-equipped phone when using your ...   read

Sprint Nextel Offers Unlimited Calls To Landline Number
Mar 8, 2006, 2:21 PM
Sprint Nextel today announced two new services that gives personal or business subscribers unlimited calls to a single landline number. Individual subscribers can sign up Sprint to Home, which ...   read

Nokia Announces Femto Cell Solution
Jul 3, 2007, 8:53 AM
Nokia Siemens Networks is set to begin trialling a 3G femto cell product in early 2008. Called 3G Femto Home Access, the miniature base station (resembling a Wi-Fi router) ...   read

Sprint Launches Two WiMax and 3G-Powered Hotspot Creators
Aug 5, 2009, 8:15 AM
Today Sprint announced a pair of new wireless routers. The Sprint Personal Hotspot PHS300S and the Cradlepoint MBR-1000 Broadband Router both can connect to WiMax and EVDO Rev. A ...   read

T-Mobile Adds to HotSpot @Home Lineup
Jun 23, 2008, 7:41 AM
Today T-Mobile announced two more phones that are compatible with its HotSpot @Home converged cellular/Wi-Fi calling service. HotSpot @Home, first launched a year ago, allows T-Mobile subscribers to make ...   read

T-Mobile Launches Samsung Katalyst
Dec 10, 2007, 12:01 AM
Today T-Mobile announced the addition of the Samsung T739 Katalyst to its line-up of HotSpot @Home-capable phones. The Katalyst is a titanium-finished slider that has quad-band GSM/EDGE, Wi-Fi and ...   read

AT&T Combines Wireless, Wireline In-Network Calling
Jan 19, 2007, 1:08 PM
AT&T and Cingular will roll out new plans this weekend that will allow customers to call wireless or wireline subscribers for free. The plans, called AT&T Unity, require a ...   read

Earthlink Rolling Out Wi-Fi Phone Service
Mar 21, 2007, 1:17 PM
Earthlink will begin offering a phone that works on both its municipal Wi-Fi coverage as well as from a wireless base station in the home. Subscribers can make and ...   read

Nortel, Qualcomm Enable Dual-Mode CDMA/Wi-Fi Handoffs
Dec 3, 2007, 9:49 AM
Nortel and Qualcomm have tested technology that could allow mobile phones to seamlessly switch between CDMA and Wi-Fi networks during voice calls. The two companies tested a solution using ...   read

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