TeleSym, Intel Demo HandsetTeleSym, Intel Demo Handset

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The future of mobile phones took a step forward today, as TeleSym Inc., Bellevue, Wash., provided a key element of the "Universal Communicator Platform," a prototype handset that Intel demonstrated in San Jose, Calif.

Intel's chief technology officer, Pat Gelsinger, demonstrated the dual-mode telephone handset in his keynote address at this morning's session of the Intel Developer Forum. The "Universal Communicator" design combines Intel's Adaptive Communications Technologies with TeleSym's SymPhone software, to accomplish seamless roaming between wireless Internet networks (Wi-Fi) and the GSM cellular network.

This is a key step in the evolution of the cell phone toward more flexible, powerful handheld communications devices. "As soon as next year, we may be seeing phones on the market that have some of these features," according to Raju Gulabani, CEO and chairman of TeleSym. "When you're at work or home or a public Wi-Fi hotspot, your mobile phone could make calls using Wi-Fi and the Internet. And when you leave those environments, even mid-call, it would switch to cellular."

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