{"id":7062,"date":"2009-05-26T15:43:13","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T19:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.voipsupply.com\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2016-01-28T18:38:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T18:38:03","slug":"tcm-mobile-voip-based-cellular-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/tcm-mobile-voip-based-cellular-system\/","title":{"rendered":"TCM Mobile launches first ever VoIP based cellular system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcmmobile.com\">TCM Mobile<\/a>, a relatively unknown outfit, has launched the first ever VoIP based cellular system right down the road from VoIP Supply in Syracuse, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Officially announced last week, TCM Mobile&#8217;s patent-pending technology utilizes unlicensed 2.4 GHz spectrum to provide cellular service using VoIP (2.4 GHz is typically used for Wi-Fi networks) . The technology, which overcomes the challenges of interference, seamless roaming and network performance was recently put to the test in down town Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>According to TCM Mobile officials the testing went better then expected.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTCM Mobile has resolved the major challenges associated with developing this type of system, such as eliminating interference, roaming seamlessly (seamless hand-off) and creating a successful network architecture. We are proud to announce that we have achieved our goals and look forward to demonstrating our technology to the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now one must take the news of a new, patent-pending technology from an unknown company deployed in a low density population with a bit of skepticism, but it is entirely possible that they&#8217;ve created the secret sauce that has the potential to make wide spread VoWiFi possible.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re not likely to see TCM Mobile networks pop-up in major markets or the national stage any-time soon. It seems more likely that TCM Mobile&#8217;s will partner with existing carriers, municipalities and even offer service\u00a0 directly to consumers in rural markets.\u00a0 It&#8217;s still early, but this is definitely a company to keep on your radar in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TCM Mobile, a relatively unknown outfit, has launched the first ever VoIP based cellular system right down the road from VoIP Supply in Syracuse, New York. Officially announced last week, TCM Mobile&#8217;s patent-pending technology utilizes unlicensed 2.4 GHz spectrum to provide cellular service using VoIP (2.4 GHz is typically used for Wi-Fi networks) . The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154,1217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile-voip","category-voip-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147213,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions\/147213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}