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March 18, 2008
Motorola Phone Flips between Wi-Fi, Cell Networks
By Raju Shanbhag TMCnet Contributing Editor
Motorola (News - Alert) is looking to showcase wireless handsets connect to Wi-Fi
and cellular networks and hand off calls between the two. The company is expected to display these products at VoiceCon this week. The gear--Total Enteprise Access and Mobility (TEAM) will support native business applications as well as Internet access. It will support push-to-talk capabilities designed to take the place of two-way radios used in industrial and retail settings.
Later, the company plans to introduce cellular integration and the ability to hand off calls between Wi-Fi and cellular networks as users pass out of Wi-Fi range. The technology on PDAs is also expected to be introduced at a later time.
Shaped like a wireless phone, the first production model of TEAM devices are expected to be available by the end of the third quarter. Supporting push-to-talk as well as VoIP over Wi-Fi, the product is expected to make an impact healthcare and manufacturing businesses as the companies in these fields already use two-way radios for on-site communications. With the TEAM devices, the companies can divide the phones into 250 call groups so push-to-talk messages are sent only to participants of a given group.
To tie the calls in to corporate PBXs and to handle the transfers between cellular and Wi-Fi modes, the phones will be supported by a server. The servers use very low-bandwidth heartbeats that prolong battery life and keeps alive connections between the devices and the PBX. Keeping alive a connection to the PBX (News - Alert) also shortens call setup times.
All these devices will be based on Windows Mobile operating system. This enables the users to integrate the Windows applications such as Outlook with facilities like Web browsing, text messaging, e-mail, calendaring and business applications.
This announcement comes just after Motorola announced that it is considering unloading its handset division to improve the performance of the company.
Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
and cellular networks and hand off calls between the two. The company is expected to display these products at VoiceCon this week. The gear--Total Enteprise Access and Mobility (TEAM) will support native business applications as well as Internet access. It will support push-to-talk capabilities designed to take the place of two-way radios used in industrial and retail settings.
Later, the company plans to introduce cellular integration and the ability to hand off calls between Wi-Fi and cellular networks as users pass out of Wi-Fi range. The technology on PDAs is also expected to be introduced at a later time.
Shaped like a wireless phone, the first production model of TEAM devices are expected to be available by the end of the third quarter. Supporting push-to-talk as well as VoIP
over Wi-Fi, the product is expected to make an impact healthcare and manufacturing businesses as the companies in these fields already use two-way radios for on-site communications. With the TEAM devices, the companies can divide the phones into 250 call groups so push-to-talk messages are sent only to participants of a given group.To tie the calls in to corporate PBXs and to handle the transfers between cellular and Wi-Fi modes, the phones will be supported by a server. The servers use very low-bandwidth heartbeats that prolong battery life and keeps alive connections between the devices and the PBX
. Keeping alive a connection to the PBX (News - Alert) also shortens call setup times.All these devices will be based on Windows Mobile operating system. This enables the users to integrate the Windows applications such as Outlook with facilities like Web browsing, text messaging, e-mail, calendaring and business applications.
This announcement comes just after Motorola announced that it is considering unloading its handset division to improve the performance of the company.
Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
