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Telecommunications Now a handset and broadband are all you need to use Skype
Telecommunications Now a handset and broadband are all you need to use Skype | Now a handset and broadband are all you need to use Skype |
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| Written by Stuart Corner | |
| Sunday, 26 November 2006 | |
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Also, In September, Panasonic Communications announced that it was developing a phone that would make and receive Skype calls through Wi-Fi access points, without the need for a PC running Skype software. The company said expected to launch the product in fourth quarter of 2006 in the USA. http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/5486/127/ The RTX DUALphone 308, however is different in that it comprises a cordless phone that connects to a base station via DECT. The base station has a PSTN connection and plugs directly into a broadband modem to make Skype calls, the handset can switch between the two modes. Philips, Keyspan and others have similar DECT phones, but these work only with A PC (and in the case of Keyspan, a Mac) running Skype. RTX says it will sell the product under its own brand and "We will also provide the new platform and product as a design service or OEM/ODM product for global brand manufacturers," according to Tage Rasmussen, CEO of RTX Telecom. The DUALphone 3088 is available at RTX's distribution partners throughout Europe and at www.dualphone.net. It will be available at the Skype Online Store from December 1, 2006. Retail price is EUR159 ($A267).{moscomment}
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