OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Industry should ship more than 100 million dual-mode mobile phones by 2010, according to new numbers from research and consulting firm ABI Research.
Dual-mode phones combine wireless wide area and local area network technologies, potentially allowing users to place Voice over IP calls through Wi-Fi networks. Several manufacturers including Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have begun selling such devices.
“The advantages of dual-mode handsets and services, when they arrive, can be summed up in two words: seamless and economical,” said Philip Solis, an ABI Research senior analyst.
