Mobile phones are supposed to make it easy for individuals to move from place to place while staying connected to important people and information. Sometimes, however, cellular networks do not deliver on that promise, especially when a user walks inside a building. Alleviating that problem is one reason that cellular carriers are looking to augment their services with wireless LAN (WLAN) connections. “The integration between WLANs and cellular networks is a high priority for all of the top cellular service providers,” said Allen Nogee, an analyst with market research group In-Stat/MDR.
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Carriers Looking to Tie WLANs, Cellular Networks Together
Posted by: Paul Korzeniowski July 26, 2005 05:00 AMMobile phones are supposed to make it easy for individuals to move from place to place while staying connected to important people and information. Sometimes, however, cellular networks do not deliver on that promise, especially when a user walks inside a building. Alleviating that problem is one reason that cellular carriers are looking to augment their services with wireless LAN (WLAN) connections. “The integration between WLANs and cellular networks is a high priority for all of the top cellular service providers,” said Allen Nogee, an analyst with market research group In-Stat/MDR.