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T-Mobile to sell phones that call, text on Wi-Fi

By Michael Liedtke
Published September 10, 2014 11:18pm ET
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T-Mobile to sell phones that call, text on Wi-Fi
T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray speaks at a T-Mobile announcement in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. T-Mobile will sell more than 100 smartphone models with a built-in feature that taps into Wi-Fi networks to make phone calls and send texts when customers can't connect to the wireless carrier's cellular network. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) | Jeff Chiu

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — T-Mobile will sell more than 100 smartphone models with a built-in feature that taps into Wi-Fi networks to make phone calls and send texts when customers can’t connect to the wireless carrier’s cellular network.

The program announced Wednesday represents T-Mobile’s latest attempt to lure wireless subscribers away from three larger rivals, Verizon Wireless, AT&T Corp. and Sprint Corp.

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