Source: voipcentral.org

T-Mobile has joined hands with Linksys to develop a new router WRTU54G to empower its Hotspot@Home service for residential VoIP.

The router has been forwarded to Federal Communication Commission (FCC) for testing.

The mobile operator has launched its Hotspot@Home service in June this year. The Hotspot@Home enables T-Mobile mobile customers to transfer their calls between the T-Mobile cellular network and a WiFi hot spot in home. As of now, the service supports two handsets, Samsung t409 and the Nokia 6086.

With WRTU54G router, the Hotspot@Home will become a highly versatile VoIP device. The new router has two GSM SIM card ports, most probably for a landline handset. Other important features of the router are RJ45 Router Ports, WAN Port and Wireless-G connectivity.

It is now more or less apparent that T-Mobile is entering VoIP bandwagon to compete with bigwigs in the market.

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Source: voipcentral.org

Joining in the on-going VoIP WiFi race, Deutsche Telekoms subsidiary T-Mobile has introduced its latest Wi-Fi calling service HotSpot@Home this week.

Currently, the HotSpot@Home is under trial in Seattle with a group of about 300 users. T-Mobiles Wi-Fi calling service facilitates subscribers to make free phone calls using their at-home WiFi network or from public WiFi hot spots.

As of now, this service is available for the Samsung T709 and Nokia 6136 dual mode phones.The price of both the phones is fixed at $49.99 for a two-year contract and unlimited Wi-Fi calling costs $19.99 per month over the price of a T-Mobile voice plan. The entire service comes with a free, re-labeled D-Link 802.11g Wi-Fi router.

Another striking feature of the HotSpot@Home service is its UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) technology that brings flawless handover between WiFi and mobile calls, so as the users can easily switch over to different networks without missing calls.

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