MagicJack Enters the Cell Phone Game

Filed in archive Announcements on January 8, 2010

Ever see that infomercial for that little gadget that hooks up to your PC that makes unlimited phone calling something like $30/ year? Great idea but who can deny the fact that targeting landlines exclusively is missing out on a major chunk of the telephone industry?

MagicJack, the company responsible for the device, has apparently taken note as indicated by the release of their new femtojack; the cellular equivalent of the technology.

The femtocell will work with mobile phones from potentially any carrier (even old GSM phones) without any paid service plans with a carrier. All the user would have to do is come within eight feet of the magicJack one time to register the connection then enjoy unlimited airtime within a range of 3000 square feet.

Pricing has yet to be determined.