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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 5:05 pm
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nas6034
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Originally Posted by s0ssos
It is deeper than that. Tmobile enables cellular service over wifi, whereas other carriers don't. For example, you can use wifi to make a call on some Tmobile devices. You cannot do that on any other carrier.
Right. I know about the UMA technology. However, it was blocked on gogo prior to this deal. Trust me, I tried it with my UMA or as they call it now wifi calling phones. I've been using the tmobile wifi calling feature overseas for at least 7-8 years. It worked best on the samsung flip phone that did the handoff well. The new ones didn't do handoff but I read the iphone 6 handoff works well so I can't wait to try that. Apologies for the tangent. Of course this is kinda moot since you can couple the tmobile international free data with vonage to make US landline calls free of charge.
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