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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, Roland Tarver wrote:
http://telecomyatra.afaqs.com/news/?sid=2698_Software+to+turn+every+phone+into+a+cell-tower+ "Peep Wireless Technology (PWT), a Delaware-based company, has revealed a software app that turns a phone into a small cell tower (client/server viral transmitter/receiver).
Interesting until I read:
"This unique, proprietary technology ... legal "backdoor"
technology..."
My suspicion is that if they try to use this in the UK then they might get
the DTI/Ocfom down on them like a tonne of bricks as they're then using
the phone in an un-approved way to transmit on licensed frequencies.
And I can't see the carriers liking phones being able to talk to each other directly (via GSM/3G) without going via the base towers... I'm not actually convinced it's possible.
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