After years of resisting, wireless Internet providers are finally striking cell phone-style roaming agreements that could eventually let customers get high-speed access anywhere they go.
Via [usatoday.com]
Continue reading ‘Wi-Fi Providers Begin To Share Access’
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Rogers Wireless Inc., which announced its EDGE high-speed data service Tuesday, plans to bundle Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) hotspot access with its personal communications service (PCS) rate plans.
Via [itbusiness.ca]
Continue reading ‘Rogers To Bundle Wi-Fi Hotspot Access With Cell Plans’
SBC Communications Inc. signed deals with four companies, including Sprint Corp. and Mexican phone giant Telmex, to expand high-speed wireless access to the Internet by allowing its subscribers to roam on other companies’ networks.
Via [reuters.com]
Continue reading ‘SBC Expands Wi-Fi Access With Sprint, Telmex’
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo Inc. on Tuesday formally launched the N900iL, a handset combining 3G and IP telephony capability, the first such phone to appear from a major network operator.
Via [eweek.com]
Continue reading ‘DoCoMo Launches 3G Wi-Fi Phone’
Covad is teaming up with Netopia to provide Wi-Fi plus broadband access as part of a single service to people working out of their homes.
Via [nwfusion.com]
Continue reading ‘Covad Combines Wireless With Internet Access’
UK Wi-Fi provider The Cloud has secured its latest round of funding, from VCs 3i and Accel Partners, the trio announced today.
Via [theregister.co.uk]
Continue reading ‘UK Wi-Fi Network Wins ‘Significant’ VC Funding’
Comcast executives point to a recent rash of wireless hardware problems as unintended “endorsements” of the cable giant’s home networking program.
Via [wi-fiplanet.com]
Continue reading ‘Comcast Denies Role In Wi-Fi Disconnects’
Customers of Yahoo BB, Japan’s largest high-speed Internet provider, will soon be able to surf the Web at over 15,000 wireless Internet access points in 42 countries including Japan.
Via [reuters.com]
Continue reading ‘Softbank To Expand Wi-Fi Access, Roaming’
Firms attempting to make it big from wireless Internet are falling apart because the technology is becoming too cheap and simple.
Via [theinquirer.net]
Continue reading ‘Wi-Fi Stand Alones Flop’
SBC Communications Inc., the number two local phone company in the U.S., reported Monday that Wayport Inc. will deploy SBC’s FreedomLink Wi-Fi servicein up to 6,000 McDonald’s Corp. restaurants by the end of next summer.
Via [forbes.com]
Continue reading ‘McDonald’s To Use SBC Wi-Fi Services’
Internet service provider EarthLink will work with Digitalpath Networks to offer wireless broadband access in certain Northern California cities, under a deal to be announced Wednesday.
Via [zdnet.com.com]
Continue reading ‘EarthLink Hooks Up To Wireless Broadband’
Startup Cometa Networks on Tuesday said it planned to shut down after failing to attract the additional investment needed to expand its Wi-Fi network nationwide.
Via [techweb.com]
Continue reading ‘Wi-Fi Startup Cometa Networks Is Going Out Of Business’
The channel division of BT is aggressively hunting down retail outlets and other businesses in a bid to extend the reach of its wi-fi network.
Via [theinquirer.net]
Continue reading ‘BT Openzone Makes Wi-Fi Offer Businesses Can’t Refuse’
AT&T Wireless and Sprint on Monday announced a new Wi-Fi hot-spot roaming pact for several U.S. airports.
Via [zdnet.com.com]
Continue reading ‘AT&T, Sprint Pilot Airport Wi-Fi Venture’
Dealing With The “Wi-Fi As Amenity” Issue
A new trend in thinking about the Wi-Fi service market is emerging, a reaction against the prevailing business model exemplified by Wayport, T-Mobile and others.
Via [wi-fiplanet.com]
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