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The U.N. has approved $3 billion for the development and deployment of high-speed wireless networks, which will allow wireless users to roam without using their mobile phone.

The U-N’s Mobile Telecommunications and Information Society has called for a network extenergizer to enable wireless users of low-speed cellular services to have access to wireless networks even if they are not connected to the land-based cellular network.

The U.K. has already introduced an extender for mobile broadband, which uses a satellite-based network to connect mobile devices to land-area wireless networks.

China, the U.A.E., Japan and South Korea have already begun work on the extenders, which are expected to be available by the end of this year.

For more news on the global wireless industry, go to the Associated Press Wirecutter site.