British telecom giant BT announced the world's first venture into combining mobile and land line services into the new BT Fusion service. BT customers will be able to switch between their mobile and landed broadband lines as they come and go from their home or office.
BT's pitch on this is one gets the convenience and features of the mobile and the quality and rates of the land line. Calls over broadband in the home means customers can make a mobile call but with the quality of a fixed-line and worry less about the signal being lost or dropping out. A recent survey of BT Broadband customer revealed that as many as 19 per cent had experienced problems with mobile coverage in the home.
Ian Livingston, CEO for BT Retail, said: "We promised to launch the world's first seamless combined fixed and mobile service and now we're doing it. The service will transform the communications landscape and bring excellent value to customers.
This new system will work will be a Blue Tooth hub set up in the home and the hub will also act as a Wi-Fi wireless router. BT says that the switching process will work seamlessly as you come into range or move out of the range of the hub, even if the user is in mid call.
When users sign up for the service, they
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