The handset maker promotes its access point station as a catalyst against higher-priced mobile calls.
Ericsson on Friday unveiled a personal-sized mobile base station that mobile operators could offer subscribers, so they could make cheaper calls over the Internet while in their homes.
Known as a Femto Cell Solution, the Internet access point acts like a Wi-Fi router and could let subscribers make VoIP calls over a mobile phone network as soon as they enter their home. The access device supports phones that operate on either GSM or WCMA cellular networks. The Femto Cell is expected to be available starting in the middle of the year. Prices were not disclosed.
"This is a major technological breakthrough," Ulf Ewaldsson, vice president of Product Area Radio at Ericsson, said in a statement. "Ericsson's Femto Cell Solution enables mobile operators to compete on the fixed access market, offering price-competitive, innovative and secure services to their customers."
Ericsson said the new product could help operators build loyalty with subscribers, and provide an incentive for all members of a household to use the same mobile operator.
VoIP, or voice over Internet protocol, over a cellular phone is an emerging market. Experts, however, argue that prices will have to come down before VoIP on a mobile phone network takes off.
Developing a VoIP cellular service as an alternative to higher-priced cellular calls and calls over a landline, could help change consumers' minds, Ericsson said.
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