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Rogers Communications Canada rolls out cellphone-home phone hybrid
The company is launching phones on Wednesday through both its Rogers Wireless and Fido brands that function as a regular cellphone outside the home, but also connect to the internet through Wi-Fi when in range of the customer's home router. The phones use cellular airtime regularly outside the home, but calls are unlimited once they switch over to the Wi-Fi connection. The home-calling feature is available to post-paid customers only and costs an extra $15 a month, or $20 with unlimited long distance in North America. Both plans come with a free optimized voice router, which covers a range of nearly 280 square metres and hooks up to a high-speed internet connection from any service provider. These so-called "dual mode" phones are aimed at cellphone users - particularly younger customers - who don't want a land line or are thinking about getting rid of it, Rogers chief marketing officer John Boynton told CBCNews.ca. "It's a way for them to have just one phone period," he said. "This is one phone, one phone number, one voice mail, one caller ID." The company is offering only one handset per brand - the Nokia 6086 for Rogers Wireless and the 6301 for Fido - but new devices should become available quarterly as other manufacturers get on board, Boynton said. For the full story, click here! Posted at 04:46AM May 07, 2008 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Astound | Comments[0] 
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