On Wednesday, T-Mobile USA, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG of Germany, announced its plans to launch a new phone service it calls T-Mobile@Home later on this month.

Subscribers will be given the chance to try out the Internet-based service for a monthly fee of $10. However, in order to gain access to T-Mobile@Home, customers must first get a T-Mobile cell phone plan (priced at about $29.99 monthly), as well as broadband Internet service (with prices ranging from $20 to $50 a month).

T-Mobile@Home system works as follows: calls are transmitted from a handset to the Internet through the T-Mobile router; then, the call is completed through the use of voice-over-Internet-protocol technology.

As there is no call limit, the $10 price should be quite attractive, despite the aforementioned conditions.

Last month, the company announced its had launched its third-generation wireless network in the United States, beginning with New York City. Even though rather few phones are able to use the 3-G technology, T-Mobile said that people in New York have are covered for the use of the last technology mobile devices through the network.

Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone, also launched a wireless service, offering flat-rate, all-you-can-talk plans, beginning at 99.99 dollars per month. The Nationwide Unlimited Anytime Minute Plans will allow customers to call anyone at anytime in the United States.

Earlier this month, the delicate situation in which T-Mobile, Starbucks and AT&T have found themselves has been taken care of. The companies said an "understanding" has been reached regarding the lawsuit T-Mobile had filed.