The days of three phones, mobile,landline and internet, may be be numbered , as 2007 will witness more handsets that function across all these diverse environments.
The idea is simple: at home,you use the handset to make call across the internet,driving down bills.Step out of the house and the handset switches to your mobile operator network.The big different is that when you enter a wireless hotspot - slowly gaining a large footprint,especially in London for example, the phone revert to a Wi Fi signal to allow internet calls once more. The latter option could provide massive savings for companies, especially those whose executive operation mainly in large city.
Skype and The Cloud already have a mobile service up and running,although it does not include a traditional mobile network to fall back on when out of hotspot range,while both Orange and BT ( the name of communication company) offer Wi Fi in the home and mobile on the move.The biggest stumbling block is persuading wary mobile operators to join the party and fill in the gaps between hotsport .Nokia is backing the UMA ( unlicensed mobile access) bandwagon with the 6136 ( picture left side) a mobile phone with built in Wi Fi.
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