Britain Has 11 New Mobile Networks

[andy]

A bit similar idea to dual-mode GSM/wifi handsets. I wonder of people will be confused by the choice.

Of course, it should be nearly free rather than just cheap - buy ?50 hardware and make calls for 1p per minute seems a bit unlikely unless the gear becomes available without contract

And they are a different kind of licence - for a different kind of phone service. The new operators will use normal mobile phone technology, but won't put up any new cell towers. The licences are for "low-power" GSM antennas, which will usually be indoors.
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The big difference is that when you roam abroad, your call charges rocket. When you roam to your home network, the charges will go down. The indoor network will be handled by a base station called a "pico-cell", which uses the internet to connect the calls.

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/st...1766502,00.html