Once equipped with mesh-enabled devices, soldiers fanning out on a field or firefighters in a burning building could create an impromptu network, automatically transmitting communications from person to person until returning back to commanders.

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Additional devices and exclusive services that take advantage of this high-speed HSDPA network, such as transmitting full motion video and providing ultra-fast audio, will be available in 2006.

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In other words, if your company has an office in China, you are transmitting across their network.

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"If you switch on a cellphone on board, and there's no network, it will gradually increase the power it's transmitting because it's trying to get hooked on a network which doesn't exist, " he said.

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The system is not dependent on a customized bridge, transmitting device or pre-determined restricted special network.

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However, depending upon the technology your network operator is deploying it is possible that your phone is both transmitting and receiving at the same time.

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