T-Mobile Announces Wi-Fi Roaming Agreement
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Short for wireless fidelity and is meant to be used generically when referring of any type of 802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.
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T-Mobile USA on Tuesday will launch the first cell phone in the U.S. to come with Microsoft's latest version of Windows Mobile, with improved handling of e-mail and tougher security
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Clearwire Corp  and Sprint  Nextel Corp  have made progress on terms for a roaming  deal for their high-speed wireless networks based on WiMax  technology, Clearwire's Chief Executive said on Wednesday.
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Depending where you're roaming T-Mobile has cut by more than half charges for business customers who transmit data over its mobile networks in countries where it operates its own network.â¦
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CARROLLTON, Texas -- Accor North America has reached an agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc. to install wireless Internet access throughout all of its Red Roof Inns over the next year, officials said.
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Sierra will provide modules that add 3G wireless telecom functions to a new Intel ultramobile PC platform
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T-Mobile said Tuesday it had launched the Wing, the successor to its MDA smartphone and the first handset in the United States to ship with Windows Mobile 6 installed.
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SBC Communications Inc. and Sprint Corp. today announced a roaming agreement that will provide Sprintâs customers access to approximately 2,300 wireless Internet hotspots at airports, hotels and other venues operated by SBC.
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Blog: Dual-mode Wi-Fi and cellular services could make it big this summer as Cincinnati Bell Wireless and T-Mobile both launch new services.
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Wi-Fi hotspot owners BT Openzone, Singapore&#39;s StarHub, Malaysia&#39;s maxis, Japan&#39;s NTT Com, T-Mobile, Australia&#39;s Telstra and Telecom Italia have entered into a broad roaming agreement to allow each company&#39;s customers to access the others&#39; networks.
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(InfoWorld) - T-Mobile USA planned to launch its converged Wi-Fi and cellular service nationwide Wednesday, following theÂ introduction of the serviceÂ late last year in Seattle. The service lets users of a special mobile phone make calls over Wi-Fi from their homes as well as T-Mobile hotspots. Users can also make regular cell phone calls when out of range of a hotspot. Calls hand off between the two networks if a user moves from their home, for example, beyond the range of their Wi-Fi network. T-Mobile has been working on this service for around four years, said Mike Selman, T-Mobile director of marketing. The company began the project after asking customers what would make them give up their landline phones and rely only on their mobile. The answer they most commonly gave was that the phone had to work better in their home, he said. Because cellular networks often don't work as well indoors as outside, T-Mobile is using Wi-Fi to provide better service to customers in their homes. For now, customers can choose from a Nokia or Samsung phone. Each costs $50 with a two-year contract. Customers can use any access point, but T-Mobile encourages them to use either the D-Link or Linksys routers it offers. The access points, which are free after a mail-in rebate, come loaded with software that gives voice calls priority, helping ensure better quality. T-Mobile customers must have a cellular plan of $39.99 or more in order to sign up, and then must pay an additional $19.99 per month for unlimited local and long-distance calls from the hotspots. A family plan that includes up to five lines costs $29.99 per month. T-Mobile is also offering an introductory rate that doesn't expire. Customers who sign up while the offer is valid will pay $9.99 for one line and $19.99 for up to five. Users can also opt to have their Wi-Fi minutes count the same as their cellular minutes under a regular plan, and not pay the additional monthly fee. If a cellular and Wi-Fi network are both in range, the phones default to the lower-cost Wi-Fi network. Also, when users move from one network to the next, the call is billed based on which network started the call. For example, if a user begins a call on the cellular network and then walks into their home, even if the call is transferred to the Wi-Fi network, the entire call will count against their cellular voice plan. Users can make phone calls from any of T-Mobile's 8,500 hotspots across the country, located in Starbucks coffee shops and other locations. The phone automatically connects and authenticates at the T-Mobile hotspots. In many cases, customers can also use other hotspots. If the hotspot has no security, a user can connect to it and make calls. However, if a hotspot employs a browser redirect page that requires a user to agree to terms, the user won't be able to connect. That's because the available phones can't display HTML Web pages. Users can also type in a password to connect to a secured Wi-Fi network. Thomas Hagan, a T-Mobile customer in Midway, Georgia, who tried the service for four weeks, said he had no trouble using the phone in hotels, a local bookstore and his corporate Wi-Fi network. He found it very easy to set up the router in his home and connect to the phone to it. Overall, he was impressed with the call quality over the Wi-Fi network and didn't have any problems with calls dropping when transferred between the cellular and Wi-Fi networks. "The phone was a little larger than my existing phone, so that took a little getting used to," Hagan said, although he added that he ultimately took to the phone. Customers can only choose from two devices and they're both low-end flip phones with limited functionality. T-Mobile relies on technology called Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) to offer the service. On June 18, Cincinnati BellÂ launched a similar UMA service in its region. Operators including OrangeÂ in Europe have also launched the converged services.
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Motorola announced it has secured a contract with T-Mobile Czech Republic to deliver EDGE technology to several major cities in the country including Prague, Brno and Plzen.
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T-Mobile has signed a deal with six international wireless carriers to provide its customers with access to Wi-Fi hotspots around the world.
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Remote connectivity service provider iPass Inc has announced a deal with T-Mobile in the UK. It will be its first relationship with a European 3G operator where corporate customers can be billed by iPass for connecting to its network from their laptop.
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Berwyn, Pa.-based Triton PCS Holdings Inc., AT&amp;T Wireless Service Inc. and Cingular Wireless LLC said Wednesday they have signed a definitive agreement to resolve problems with Triton&#39;s agreements with AT&amp;T
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T-Mobile's new Wi-Fi service for cell phones for the Seattle area requires one of two handsets.
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Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) and Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced the  launch of Mobile Access in the Cincinnati-Dayton Region.