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Irish firm launches ‘global’ mobile phone

864770_telephone Hmmm… Cubic Telecom have come up with a SIM (called "MAXroam") that will be accepted as a local one where ever in the world you use it. They’re using SIP (VoIP) to back haul the call from the caller’s area to the destination, avoiding international call rates, so the total cost is that of a mobile call from the caller to a local number, and from a local number at the other end to the destination.

They’re also going to have phones with wi-fi, which, in conjunction with a free hotspot, will avoid one of the calls, instead connecting directly to their international SIP infrastructure.

Irish firm launches ‘global’ mobile phone | The Register

By gary | 19. Sep 2007 | Hardware, Internet, Technology | 1 Comment »

One Comment

  1. Cubic Telecom and Maxroam compared to other offers…

    Now it’s nearly a week since Cubic Telecom presented their new product Maxroam at TechCrunch 40 (TC40), but still they don’t reveal their real prices which should be found here. Still Maxroam says “Rates published soon” while Cubic Telecom’s websi…

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