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NEW YORK (AP) - Internet telephone service tiptoed a few more steps into the wireless realm on Tuesday as Skype and Boingo unveiled a service to enable Voice-over-Internet calls over Wi-Fi hot spots, while Samsung and LG announced plans to develop mobile phones that combine cellular and Wi-Fi technologies.
Skype Zones, costing $8 per month, allows laptop users to make phone calls using Skype Technologies SA's popular Internet phone services whenever they're near one of Boingo Wireless Inc.'s 18,000 transmitters in public locations such as coffee shops, airports and hotels.
Calls using Skype's basic computer-to-computer service, which bypasses the public telephone network, will remain free. Skype Technologies SA will still charge extra for calls dialed to a regular phone number or received from a regular phone number.
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