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Scientists develop mobile phone that doesn't need reception

Other News Materials 12 July 2010 06:47 (UTC +04:00)
Scientists have developed a mobile phone that does not need a reception tower to make calls, dpa reported.
Scientists develop mobile phone that doesn't need reception

Scientists have developed a mobile phone that does not need a reception tower to make calls, dpa reported.

Researchers from Flinders University in South Australia built software that incorporates a mobile phone tower into the phone itself.

Dr Paul Gardner-Stephen told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that it used a WiFi interface to carry voice that didn't need to go back to a central repository.

He tested the technology in the remote desert of central Australia, where there was no mobile or satellite phone reception, and was able to talk to a colleague on another mobile phone several hundred metres away.

Gardner-Stephen said the system could provide an instant mobile phone network in a disaster such as the Haiti earthquake during which mobile phone towers were destroyed.

The scientists are now working to increase the range, improve sound quality and develop a way of quickly getting the system working in a disaster zone. dpa fw aw Author:Frank WalkerAustralia-Technology/ Scientists develop mobile phone that doesn't need reception =

Sydney (dpa) Scientists have developed a mobile phone that does not need reception from a tower to make calls.

Researchers from Flinders University in South Australia built software that incorporates a mobile phone tower into the phone itself.

Dr Paul Gardner-Stephen told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that it used a WiFi interface to carry voice that didn't need to go back to a central repository.

He tested the technology in the remote desert of central Australia, where there was no mobile or satellite phone reception, and was able to talk to a colleague on another mobile phone several hundred meters away.

Dr Gardner-Stephen said the system could provide an instant mobile phone network in a disaster such as the Haiti earthquake where mobile phone towers were destroyed.

The scientists are now working to increase the range, improve sound quality and develop a way of quickly getting the system working in a disaster zone.

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