New project enables mobile phone use in areas with no reception

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 06:14 in Mathematics & Economics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian scientists have invented software that enables mobile (cell) phones to work in remote areas where there is no conventional coverage and in locations where the infrastructure has been destroyed through disaster, or is not economically viable. The technology enables ordinary mobile phones to make and receive calls without the need for phone towers or satellites.

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