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Articles tagged with: Bt and Wi Fi
Starbucks Switching Wi-Fi Providers in UK and Ireland
Starbucks is to switch its in-store Wi-Fi service from T-Mobile to British Telecom, covering more than 650 Starbucks coffeehouses in the UK and Ireland. The first stores will have the service installed this week and the roll out will be completed by the end of the summer 2009. more
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BT Wi-Fi usage doubles in a year
Users of Wi-Fi hotspots operated by the UK's bt clocked up twice the number of minutes online between April and September 2008, than the same period last year. The half year figures, combining bt Openzone and bt FON are 100% up on the same period in 2007 and 57% up on the previous six months. more
Related Tags: wayport, meteor, bt-openzone, wireless-broadband, hotspots, fon, wi-fi-alliance, UK
UK Wi-Fi Provider Halves Monthly Subscription Rates
bt, the UKs dominant landline operator has cut public Wi-Fi rates by up to 50 percent as it launched a new price structure. More than 2,500 extra European hotspots are also being added, bringing the choice of places to connect to more than 50,000 overseas, and over 100,000 UK and Ireland locations. more
Related Tags: roaming, swisscom, landline, 3, meteor, bt-openzone, wireless-broadband, hotspots, wlan, fon, railway, UK
O2 UK Offers Apple iPhone on Pre Pay Tariffs
O2 UK has announced that it is to offer the Apple 3G iPhone on a Prepay tariff in a couple of weeks time. The 8GB model will be sold for £349.99 and £399.99 for the 16GB model. Prepay customers will also receive inclusive unlimited data and Wi-Fi for 12 months following activation, which company values at £120. more
Related Tags: prepay, iphone, apple, o2, carphone-warehouse, bt-openzone, hotspots, UK
BT Offers Fixed-Mobile Convergence Solution in Asia Pacific
British Telecom (bt) is launching a corporate fixed-mobile service through its Asia Pacific subsidiary. Markets in the region for the initial launch include Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, bluetooth, Australia
Office workers now see less sunshine than coal miners
With the first official day of summer this weekend, the UK telco, bt is urging the millions of city workers "bound by darkness" to switch to occasional remote working - naturally using bt's network of Wi-Fi hotspots. more
Related Tags: sap, sun, weather, hotspots, UK
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. more
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Comfone Launches Remote Wi-Fi Test Service
Comfone says that it has launched a Wi-Fi remote test service to facilitate the testing and rollout of Wi-Fi roaming services. The service enables operators and software suppliers to remotely test the inter-operability between WISPr client software and over 30 test hotspots located in a single location in Bern, Switzerland. more
Related Tags: orange, roaming, kpn, softbank, test-systems, hotspots, laptop, Switzerland
BT Launches Broadband Service with HTC Smartphones
The UKs dominant landline operator, bt is launching a "Total Broadband Anywhere" service which is packaging domestic broadband internet access along with a free HTC smartphone and access to bts public Wi-Fi network. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, microsoft, smartphones, htc, landline, bts, bt-openzone, hotspots, fon, UK
Wi-Fi Arrives on North Sea Oil Rigs
Oilfield services provider, Schlumberger and UK telco, bt have announced the
launch of a public wireless broadband service for offshore and remote oil and
gas drilling rigs and production platforms.
more
Related Tags: satellite, bt-openzone, hotspot, fon, UK