That means whenever you make a voice call while the phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, your Republic phone places it over Wi-Fi rather than using a costlier cellular phone network.

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T-Mobile, using a Nokia phone, is allowing customers to hop between Wi-Fi and cellular.

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Unlike calling your phone or using Apple's Find My iPhone service, neither a cellular nor Internet connection is required.

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