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Originally Posted by ygeffens
That's why I (about a month ago) wrote:
"Hang on and get ready for the shock !"
I new something like this was coming.
Give it a few more months and see what this magician will come up with, it won't be a rabbit...
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I'm a bit more sceptical
As for how soon or what is coming, read all the hype about worldwide free calls to and from mobiles, from well over a year ago (June); read that one blogger responsible for promoting that idea subsequently (January) describes the company as a client.
I don't understand why so many journalists just read PR hype without moderating it by adding any of their own knowledge. This seems to characterise the spoon-feeding that this firm's fans lap up.
From that article, he's done a deal with Pirelli about phones ...
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... and has struck a deal with Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli to manufacture the devices; one a Wi-Fi-based device and the other a Windows Mobile GSM phone.
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Actually, one of those Pirelli handsets (dual-mode wi-fi and GSM) has been around for about a year [to my knowledge, perhaps longer]. There is another discontinued, and a third, a dual-mode wi-fi VoIP and quad-band GSM Windows smartphone one, will be available from November, quite possibly [I would speculate] without any licence fees accruing to Mr Phelan.
It will be interesting to see and hear what this new SIM card deal consists of - which network the roaming deal comes from, how well the call forwarding works and at what tariffs, and so on. It may well indeed include the prospect of diverting calls to be received while on a wi-fi network; he didn't invent that idea though, so will he come up with anything that hasn't been done yet? A good way to start selling it would be to have some tariffs listed for incoming and outgoing calls.