“Cellular-like” VoIP out of Israel

After a reported two years in production, Israel-based research and development firm Trans Con Mobile Ltd., has announced the development, construction and successful testing of a patent-pending “cellular-like” VoIP mobile system. Incorporating both network and handset, the technology is WiFi-based and operates in similar fashion to extant cellular-based GSM and CDMA systems.

Trans Con Mobile is touted the WiFi handset as “the first of its kind in the world.” The Trans Con Mobile handset is mobile and operates on a wide-scale WiFi network and limited area environments. And, argues company PR, since the Trans Con Mobile handset is a broadband-based unit, there is no need for a separate broadband subscription for access.

Trans Com plugs the gadget as a potential total communications center, with email, internet, SMS, MMS and voice services functions. In future will be an expansion to what Trans Com sees as the product’s possibilities as a direct marketing tool which would enable companies to send advertisements that appear on the handset screen, a la pop-ups.