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Photos of the month - October 06
Photo But don't get your hopes up, the purpose was to get an idea of what kids want from their gadgets rather than come up with something that will actually be built, unlike BT's all in one Bluephone. HP turns the tables: HP unveiled its vision of the... [31 Oct 2006]
Orange goes Bluephone with FMC launch
News Orange has launched its own fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service, allowing users of Orange broadband to make both mobile and VoIP calls using a single handset. The service, known as Unique, will be launched this year with a choice of handsets. [25 Sep 2006]
Big boys to warm to fixed-mobile convergence
News So far, efforts around FMC have been targeting consumer users - such as BT's Fusion, formerly known as Project Bluephone. Over the next five years, fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) will begin to get a foothold in large enterprises, analysts have... [08 Dec 2005]
Landlines heading for extinction?
News European landline operators are expected to try and tackle the issue of fixed-mobile substitution by producing converged products - phones that work as both landline and mobile, such as BT's Fusion, formerly known as project Bluephone. [26 Oct 2005]
Samsung and LG to go Wi-Fi for all-in-one handsets
News Two of the world's largest handset players have given traditional networks a poke in the eye with the announcement of phones set to offer voice over Wi-Fi capability. Both Samsung and LG are working with Kineto to include the firm's UMA (Unlicensed... [13 Jul 2005]
Machine-to-machine to get $270bn boost
News RFID and initatives such as BT's Bluephone will see the machine-to-machine communications market grow over 1,000 per cent before the end of the decade. According to research from analyst house Alexander Resources, revenues from the M2M market will... [22 Jun 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Bluephone's bright future
Comment Despite criticisms, BT's new Bluephone could do quite well in the long run, says Martin Brampton. And that is a factor that has held back Bluephone. It is about a year late but BT has finally unveiled its Bluephone. [21 Jun 2005]
Leader: Fear BT
Leader BT's Bluephone was launched yesterday, under the brand name Fusion - a landline/mobile combination that will use GSM when one is out and about, and broadband when at home. Is this the start of the IP revolution? [16 Jun 2005]
The future of Bluephone: It's the business
News With Bluephone - or BT Fusion as it's now known - freshly launched this morning, BT execs are already keen to talk up the future of the all-in-one Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mobile device. In the short term, the telco said it is planning to expand the... [15 Jun 2005]
BT ends con-Fusion with Bluephone launch
News The gadget formerly known as 'project Bluephone' is now available and will be making its way into the homes of BT customers under the brand BT Fusion. After months of speculation, BT has finally launched its all-in-one Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mobile... [15 Jun 2005]
BT set to launch Bluephone
News After nearly two years of expectation and rumour, BT is ready to launch Bluephone, its converged mobile handset. The aim of Bluephone, which will be launched next Wednesday, is to provide consumers with a single cordless handset which routes calls... [10 Jun 2005]
Project Nevis to take BT to new broadband highs?
News In homes and work environments, BT is the major backer of Bluephone, which will initially see mobile handsets that can roam onto fixed networks - with some obvious advantages - using a broadband connection and Bluetooth. [06 Apr 2005]
BT's Bluephone 2 goes Wi-Fi
News BT is already developing a device called the Bluephone, which it has said will work as a domestic cordless phone over Bluetooth and also as a GSM mobile phone. Its work with Tatara is understood to centre on the development of a device — dubbed... [15 Mar 2005]
Devil's Advocate: What we can learn from Bluetooth
Comment One might have thought that BT would have some ability to influence the broader Bluetooth market but the company's Bluephone project seems to have gone very quiet. Bluetooth, which is partly responsible for mobile phone frustrations such as the... [15 Mar 2005]
EDGE, WiMax, HSDPA, IMS: Can you pick the winners from the losers?
News One thing that definitely doesn't work for the company is Bluephone - a handset that will make mobile and landline calls. We tried Bluephone in a number of homes," Williams said. Mobile operator mmO2 has been sorting out where it will be setting... [27 Jan 2005]
