First Bluetooth VOIP beats out British Telecom to be first to market

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Truphone enables VoIP calls over Bluetooth

Beats BT's Bluephone to market

By: Tony Dennis Friday 27 May 2005, 17:56
A PLUCKY BRIT company, Software Cellular Network (SCN) appears to have beaten the might British Telecom (BT) to offering cheap calls via Bluetooth. SCN's software offers VoIP over Bluetooth on Series 60 handsets.

The aim with SCN's Truphone software is to enable a regular mobile handset - like the Nokia 6630 - to make low cost VoIP calls by linking to a nearby Bluetooth access point.

That access point can be your desktop PC connected to the Internet via broadband, for example. It's virtually identical to BT's promised Bluephone except the later has its own standalone router rather than using a Windows PC.

SCN says a beta version of the Truphone software is available via email request ton info@scn.com. The intriguing feature of Truphone is its ability to 'hand over' to a cellular connecion when the Bluetooth connexion is lost.

At present Truphone only works on the 6630 although supporyt for all Series 60 handsets is promised soon. µ