On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 10:16:27PM +1100, James Harper wrote: [snip] > Ah. More complicated than I'd hoped but not more than I suspected :) > So the product that can accept gsm phone registrations and calls and > trunk them to asterisk via E1/TDMoE/TDMoIP/SIP/IAX is still wishware? Oh > well. I guess hybrid gsm/dect/wifi phones will reach maturity first > which is probably a better solution to the problem anyway.
There IS an initiative called UMA (unlicensed mobiel access) whereby a GSM phone can roam on to a local WiFi or Bluetooth network, the specs are freely published. In the UK BT are offering a service based on this called Fusion, which uses a Bluetooth basestation and (IP) broadband backhaul and some Motorola phone. When you're in range of the basesation you roam on to it and calls will go that way (and at a cheaper rate). Though the specs are freely available, you need operator co-operation for it to happen, which is the stumbling block for most players. BT use Vodafone, though BT Mobile is a MVNO of Vodafone which probably helps, though they're also big enough to be very persuasive. > Thanks for the info, if nothing else I'm now a little wiser on the > subject. Wisdom is everything ;) Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
