the announcement was released by ENG a couple of days ago. seems...

the announcement was released by ENG a couple of days ago. seems to utilise a Wifi network to tap into ENG voip system reducing costs, requires Nokia N80. Apart from that Im not sure how it operates. Im not sure how much it will cost ENG to ENG mobile, the announcement doesn't say.


ASX Announcement
Engin Limited (ENG)
22 January 2007
Company Announcements Centre
Australian Stock Exchange
Engin and Nokia announce Australia’s first Mobile Internet Phone
Release attached
Engin and Nokia announce Australia’s first Mobile Internet Phone
Engin Internet phone calls go mobile on Nokia N80 providing 10c untimed calls across
Australia
Sydney, Australia – 22 January 2006: Engin, Australia’s leading Internet Telephony company
and Nokia, Australia’s most popular mobile phone brand today announced a breakthrough for
consumers seeking low cost mobile phone bills. Through a collaboration between the two
organisations, Engin customers will now be able to make cheap Internet phone calls using the
first Mobile Internet Phone to be released in Australia, the Nokia N80 Internet Edition.
As the pioneer of Internet Telephony in Australia, Engin is the first to offer a wireless Internet
Phone (otherwise known as “VoIP”) service for Australian mobile phone users providing
significantly reduced mobile phone bills for Engin customers. Engin’s new service complements
existing GSM/WCDMA service by making use of WLAN broadband wherever it’s available.
Making Internet phone calls with the Nokia N80 Internet Edition is as easy as making a traditional
phone call. “People are increasingly using Internet Telephony to dramatically reduce the cost of
their home and business phone bills. Now we can offer them the same savings breakthrough on
their mobile phone. Already more than one in four people are regularly using their mobile
devices to access the Internet, which shows that the mass market is recognising the value of
convergent devices. With the Nokia N80 Internet Edition, you can seamlessly blend together
surfing the web and making cost-efficient Internet calls” said Ilkka Tales, CEO of Engin.
“With the proliferation of WiFi hot spots in the home, office and public areas, people have
increasing access to use the Nokia N80 to make calls, no matter where they are, over the Engin
network at our low cost call rates,” added Tales.
“You can literally be in a public space, connected to a WiFi hotspot and make 10 cent untimed
calls to landlines around Australia, and 20 cent untimed calls to 20 countries around the world,”
he continued.
David Watkins, Director, Multimedia Sales APAC, Nokia, said, "Convergence is bringing more
opportunities for consumers and Nokia’s Nseries opens up the possibilities of the Internet going
mobile. Engin's VoIP Internet Phone service is a great example."
"As a multimedia computer, the N80 Internet Edition is a powerful pocket-sized device which makes it
easy for consumers to choose the wireless connectivity that best suits their needs," Watkins said.
Nokia N80 Internet Edition brings together wireless LAN (WLAN), a robust browser, support for
Internet calls, a 3-megapixel camera, and quadband GSM/WCDMA coverage and a host of other
Internet services not previously installed together on Nokia devices.
Engin offers home users average savings of up to 55 per cent on their monthly phone bills with low
cost call rates for as little as 10 cents untimed, anytime locally and nationally, calls to mobiles from 20
cents per minute and international calls from 20 cents untimed, anytime to selected international
destinations on Engin’s new World 20 Plan. Calls between Engin users are free of Engin charges.