Rogers, Fido unleash new wireless option

May 7th, 2008

Rogers Wireless in Canada is now allowing their users to hook up their mobile phones to their home internet!

“The convergence of wireless and the Internet has been one of the long-hyped promises of the telecom world, but little has come of it.

But a new option from Rogers Wireless that lets people use their mobile phones through their home Internet connection is inching Canada closer to that converged utopia.

Called My Home Calling Zone on the Rogers brand and UNO under its Fido subsidiary, the service gives customers unlimited calling when at home. Users need a wireless Internet router and a handset that works on a Wi-Fi hotspot.

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