It’s really one of the initial things we thought of trying with AT&T’s 3G MicroCell back in 2009, though the dreams were fast dashed after finding which pronounced device was hard-wired to only work when receiving a GPS lock inside of the United States of America. Thankfully, it looks as if at slightest a couple of engineers during Ubiquisys have been roving our same sight of thought, and come Mobile World Congress, it’ll be debuting a device of the dreams. The Attocell is described as a personal femtocell for make use of with 3G smartphones, and best of all, it’s written for use internationally. In essence, this would concede the smartphone from a single nation to use their international web connection to tunnel the cell call by — presumably gratis of charge — and really bypassing those nasty roaming fees which have been incurred when toll through an overseas mobile network. The company admits which it has been tested with the iPhone, BlackBerry handsets, the few Nokia phones as well as a gaggle of Android handsets, and we’re guessing that Windows Phone 7 as well as webOS users won’t have any issues, either.

The thought is sincerely elementary: connect the Attocell to your laptop via USB, which provides energy as well as an internet tie. From there, it’ll analyze the IP residence and airwave environment to establish which country it is in, and sets its 3G radio power thus to below a protected level. In a little countries its operation will be only five millimeters, in alternative countries, it could cover the whole room. For those in the former, you’ll need to place your phone atop the dongle and make use of a Bluetooth headset to make a call, but hey, it’s still better than profitable AT&T two arms as well as the immeasurable infancy of the leg just to phone home from wherever you may be. Crazier still, Ubiquisys thinks that a device’s low energy outlay — coupled with its ability to “continuously display its airwave surroundings to ensure which there is zero stroke on existent mobile networks” — will have a Attocell exempt from regulatory controls and a requirement for type approval. Here’s anticipating it flies through only as a company hopes, and we’ll be attack a floor in Barcelona to pry out a cost indicate, release date any carrier deals they’ve managed to land.

Via Engadget