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]
Tag Archive for 'ISP'
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Firms attempting to make it big from wireless Internet are falling apart because the technology is becoming too cheap and simple.
Via [theinquirer.net]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]