A secretive start-up backed by two powerful Silicon Valley venture capital firms will on Monday outline its plans for bridging the gulf between mobile telephones and fixed-line phone networks.
Via [today.reuters.co.uk]
Archive for the 'Roaming' Category
In another time and place, college students wondering whether the campus cafe has any free seats, or their favorite corner of the library is occupied, would have to risk hoofing it over there. But for today’s student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that kind of information is all just a click away.
Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]
Allied Telesyn Inc. hopes to offer European users of wide-area Wi-Fi networks the ability to move from one access point to another without losing a connection, using proprietary technology developed and deployed in Asia.
Via [infoworld.nl]
Boingo Wireless is adding more muscle to its Boingo Roaming System, thanks to a newly signed deal with British Telecommunications’ (BT) BT Openzone Wi-Fi Internet service provider.
Via [wirelessweek.com]
BT has launched a combined Wi-Fi, 3G and GPRS tariff for road warriors and other business folk on the move.
Via [theregister.co.uk]
VeriSign has planned to get on to the bandwagon of Wi-Fi Cellular roaming and has begun trial tests in three major universities. The commencement of the trial was announced last week and under the pilot program, the company is trying to integrate on-campus Wi-Fi to any wide-area wireless carrier network for data and voice roaming between networks.
Via [mobilemag.com]
Vodafone will join forces with wireless Internet provider The Cloud to offer Wi-Fi wireless broadband Internet in Germany, the companies said in a joint press release.
Via [today.reuters.co.uk]
BT has signed international roaming deals with wireless operators in Japan, France and Switzerland taking the number of Wi-Fi hotspots its punters can use to more than 30,000 around the world.
Via [theregister.co.uk]
Canada’s largest wireless companies said yesterday they will let their customers use their wireless Internet access networks, known as WiFi hot spots, interchangeably.
Via [theglobeandmail.com]
Boingo Wireless has officially launched its Wi-Fi service through its previously announced partnership with Connexion by Boeing.
Via [wirelessweek.com]
BT’s Wi-Fi subsidiary, Openzone, has added Broadreach Networks’ collection of hotspots to its own, courtesy of a roaming deal struck between the two companies.
Via [theregister.co.uk]
UK Wi-Fi network The Cloud has become Germany’s third-largest WISP by acquiring local player Airnyx, the company said today.
Via [theregister.co.uk]
SBC, Boingo Wireless and Airpath wireless said Thursday that they have signed new roaming agreements that expand the breadth of those vendors’ Wi-Fi hotspot networks.
Via [internetweek.com]
PCTel’s new product permits users to make and get calls using the same number on cellular and IP networks.
Via [informationweek.com]
T-Mobile has struck a deal with six international wireless operators to simplify roaming and billing for travelers using Wi-Fi abroad, the company said Wednesday.
Via [internetnews.com]