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D-Link, the über-geeky networking company, has introduced the industry’s first flip-style mobile Wi-Fi phone.

The device ships with a full-featured softphone from TelTel, allowing you to make free calls anywhere in the world where there is open Wi-Fi access. Calls from the D-Link phone are made over the Public SIP Telephone Network (PsipTN) telephony backbone.

Weighing only 104g in a compact clamshell design, the DPH-540 complements TelTel services with built-in features like a clear colour backlit LCD display, a keypad with backlight, speed dial, redial, multiple ringtones, e-mail access, volume control and other conveniences.

The D-Link Wi-Fi phone untethers you from your PC, allowing you to call other TelTel users for free, or call non-TelTel users for a small fee. You also will receive virtually all of the IP telephone services included with the PC version of the TelTel softphone. One of those features is ‘buddy list synchronisation’ that allows you to view on your Wi-Fi phone whether their contacts are available to receive a call.

‘We see the teaming of the D-Link phone with the TelTel service as a winning combination for both the consumer and small business,’ said Steven Joe, president and chief executive officer of D-Link Systems. ‘It will offer users incredible value by utilising the only public and open SiP network to make calls anywhere in the world at significant cost savings.’

‘Combining D-Link’s new Wi-Fi phone with TelTel’s growing volume of services will allow people the freedom to roam and take full advantage of Internet phone connectivity without the high cost of traditional telephony offerings,’ added Jack Chang, chief operating officer of TelTel based in Santa Clara.

‘With so many more Wi-Fi hotspots being added to the network every day - corporate and university campuses, airports, coffee shops and hotels - D-Link Wi-Fi phone calls are a convenient and cost-effective alternative to traditional landline and mobile telephones,’ Chang said.

Scheduled for shipment this summer to D-Link’s vast network of retail outlets, the D-Link phone carries a suggest retail price of $249 (£145) MSRP.

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