T-Mobile plans phones that can use Wi-Fi: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - T-Mobile USA, owned by Deutsche Telekom, plans to launch cellular phones this summer that can roam on Wi-Fi hotspots, carrying calls over the Web, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.

The new service, known as Hotspot at Home, has been in trial in Seattle and is expected to be launched nationwide as early as mid-June, the Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.

T-Mobile could not immediately be reached for comment.