Articles tagged with: Starbucks and O2

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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Wi-Fi in handsets - bright future or dismal prospects?

The industry hype and level of discussion surrounding fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) would lead most casual industry observers to believe that in the near future all handsets will feature Wi-Fi capabilities, and that everyone will use their cellular handsets to make voice over IP (VoIP) calls in the home and the office.  more

Related Tags: skype, voip, ims, fmc, femtocells, hotspot, hotspots, wlan, chipset