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Philips brings texting to fixed-line phone
News Dutch electronics giant Philips has launched its flagship fixed-line phone with text messaging support, and is set to make household phones even more like mobile phones in the coming months. Mirroring another popular mobile function, it also sports...
[June 16, 2003, 9:32]
Philips brings texting to fixed-line phone
Talkback sir, i am from Pakistan,studying in Ned university of engg.tech.i am final year student odf electrical engineering,my fianl year project is "sms through fixed line",i need your help please send me some material to read and to learn.
[August 22, 2005, 21:39]
Regulator wants cheaper fixed-line-to-mobile calls
News If I phone your Orange mobile, there's only one company that can connect me to you and that is Orange," an Ofcom spokesperson explained on Wednesday, adding: "We are instructed by the European Commission to do something about that where we find...
[September 14, 2006, 13:30]
Regulator wants cheaper fixed-line-to-mobile calls
Talkback It's a good idea and i really doubt it even costs 1 pence to connect the call to a mobile phone! Still, it should be down to market processes to determine price not regulator intervention. Bad move ofcom (and i dont call mobiles!
[September 15, 2006, 16:42]
BT fixed-line phones get greener
News BT has claimed that 90 percent of its fixed-line handsets will be more energy-efficient by the second half of this year. According to the company, the range represents the start of a £2m "commitment to improve the energy efficiency of its entire...
[January 21, 2008, 12:07]
O2 adds fixed-line services for business bundles
News O2 is introducing fixed-line and broadband alongside its existing mobile services, in packages aimed at business customers. The Joined Up service, announced on Wednesday, will include mobile, fixed-line, data, broadband and consultancy services.
[September 16, 2009, 17:33]
BT offers small firms mobile convergence
News The consumer version, launched last summer, routes voice and data over fixed-line BT broadband networks when the user is at home, but switches seamlessly over to a Vodafone mobile network when they are out and about.
[February 7, 2006, 15:45]
BT Fusion: watershed or washout?
News The launch of BT's converged mobile and fixed line handset has been heralded as a turning point for the industry but some industry watchers aren't so convinced. BT and Vodafone are leading the charge when it comes to integrating fixed-line and...
[June 15, 2005, 15:50]
Large firms dissatisfied with advanced data services
News As part of its research into large business use of telecoms services, published last Wednesday, the regulator discovered that while 73 percent of large businesses were satisfied overall with their fixed-line and mobile phone services, only 44...
[October 23, 2006, 16:30]
Traditional telcos ahead in multimedia race
News Other key findings from the survey included a strong consumer demand for a single supplier of mobile and fixed line phone services, just 37 percent expressed a preference to stick with separate suppliers for fixed and mobile phone calls.
[October 19, 2005, 11:40]
Skype teams up with C&W
News Unlike Skype's free standard service, which only allows users to phone other Skype customers, SkypeOut users must pay to call a fixed PSTN line or a mobile phone. SkypeOut lets VoIP users make calls to traditional fixed line and mobile numbers...
[December 22, 2004, 11:55]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It's the only cordless phone you can use from your home telephone line and the cellular network.failed miserably, and with that you could even choose your mobile and fixed line supplier. As we sit in the plush lecture theatre in BT HQ - the slides...
[June 17, 2005, 18:45]
Mobile operators warn EC over termination rate cuts
News The commissioner has said this lack of consistency distorts competition between operators from different countries, and between fixed-line and mobile-phone operators. Reding said rates are, on average, nine times higher than fixed-line termination...
[July 1, 2008, 9:29]
EC to clamp down on mobile roaming charges
News Monti also said he was concerned about the amount it costs to call a mobile phone from a fixed line, or another mobile on a different network, and promised that this would be addressed too. Oftel recommended last year that termination charges...
[February 28, 2002, 11:02]
ONS paints an increasingly wired picture of Britain
News The fixed line phone was used for 337 billion minutes of calls last year. Despite the dominance of the fixed line, mobile phones are now well and truly a staple of the UK citizen. However, messaging is still one of the UK's favourite things to do...
[November 30, 2004, 16:10]
Fritz!Box Fon WLAN 7050 review
Reviews In terms of quality, only a short delay between dialling and ringtone rather than the fixed line's instant response reminds you that you're using an Internet telephony link rather than the standard phone system.
[September 14, 2006, 13:10]
Tesco wants customers to check out VoIP
News The company claims calls rates will be "slashed to rock-bottom prices compared to existing fixed line services. However, the company claims that the quality will be better than traditional fixed line telephony, because of the data compression rates...
[January 19, 2006, 12:30]
Siemens Gigaset S450 IP review
Reviews Unlike a regular handset that simply connects to your phone socket, the Gigaset S450 IP must be connected to a router via a LAN connection and a phone line. The Gigaset S450 IP has a reasonable 6-line colour display, but at just 128 by 128 pixels...
[November 27, 2007, 10:02]
BT launches "watershed" fixed and mobile handset
News Fusion, previously known as Project Bluephone, is aimed initially at the consumer market and is based around a cordless Motorola handset that acts as a normal cellular phone outside of the home, but inside routes calls through a hub onto a BT...
[June 15, 2005, 12:05]
BT kicks off phone price war
News BT says it has kept a stable market share in the fixed-line telephony market for the last two years, and it is crucial for the telco to maintain a grip on this sector if it is to reassure City investors about its long-term profitability at a time...
[April 2, 2003, 12:26]
