O2 Expands Wi-Fi Coverage for iPhone Customers

O2 UK has announced a deal with BT Openzone to enhance the unlimited Wi-Fi package offered to all iPhone customers. From July 11th, iPhone users will have access to more than 3,000 BT Openzone Wi-Fi hotspots as part of their monthly tariff, for no extra cost.

The addition of BT Openzone to O2Ã's existing arrangement with The Cloud brings the total available public Wi-Fi hotspots for iPhone customers to over 9,000. Both the iPhone and new iPhone 3G automatically choose the fastest network available and will seamlessly switch to Wi-Fi when the customer enters either a Cloud or BT Openzone hotspot.

All O2 iPhone customers receive unlimited access to these public Wi-Fi hotspots as part of their monthly tariff, subject to an excessive use policy.

"By working with partners like BT Openzone we can maximise the web experience for iPhone customers," said Ronan Dunne, CEO of O2 in the UK. "Public Wi-Fi hotspots ideally complement our mobile network, providing high speed web browsing and unlimited access to services like the iTunes Wi-Fi store in a wide variety of convenient locations."

Posted to the site on 13th June 2008