TerraNet AB
TerraNet AB is a Swedish company, led by CEO Pär-Olof Johannesson, that purports to offer mobile telephony and data services via a peer-to-peer mobile mesh network of handsets and light infrastructure.
The system uses each unit within range as an additional network node allowing voice and data transmission via its own radio frequency rather than conventional cell sites. The TerraNet concept was originally developed as a way to bring mobile coverage to underserved geographies and populations but the technology in itself has a much broader market.
When a TerraNet phone is switched on, it begins to look for other phones within its effective range. If it finds them, it connects and extends the radio network. When an actual number is dialed, the handset uses checks to see if the person being called is within range of any handsets in the network, and if they are, the call goes through.
Detractors question TerraNet's lack of a clear business model, though device manufacturers appear to be interested in the efforts. TerraNet is supported by private investors.
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