Topic: ISPs, Costs and Charges
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
SBC Communications To Offer Thousands of Wi-Fi Hotspots In UPS Stores
San Antonio, Texas, March 31, 2004 /Wi-Fi Technology News/-In one of the nation's largest commercial Wi-Fi hotspot deployments, SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) announced that its FreedomLinkSM Wi-Fi service will be made available at thousands of The UPS StoreTM locations in the United States.
Gemtek Systems and Aptilo Networks form public WLAN market partnership
Amsterdam / Stockholm, March 31, 2004/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Aptilo Network and Gemtek Systems, two of the worlds leading manufacturers of PWLAN solutions for wireless Internet service providers (WISPs), telecommunications companies and mobile-phone operators have entered into a partnership in the market for carrier class public WLAN solutions.
CNY Ventures Launches a New Pre-Paid Wi-Fi Access Service
Syracuse, NY. March 31, 2004 ?/Wi-Fi Technology News/- CNY Ventures announced today that it has launched a new e-commerce website focused on providing pre-paid wireless Internet access from several wi-fi providers. Visitors will be able to compare and purchase a variety of pre-paid wi-fi access plans from participating providers, and receive their access codes directly via email.
New Jersey Firms Secure Three Data Communications and Networking Deals from AT&T
New Jersey Employment & Home Construction Firms Invest In Advanced Infrastructure and Sign More Than $9 Million In New Contracts with AT&T
BEDMINSTER, N.J. -March 29, 2004 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- As the world's networking leader, AT&T continues to provide New Jersey businesses sophisticated communications and networking solutions that help them gain efficiencies, expand capabilities and provide better service to their customers. The company announced the following contracts:
Wi-Fi Hotspots Key Part of Wireless ISPs or WISPs Strategy
LONDON, UK, March 27, 2004 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Until recently, the soaring popularity and sinking cost of Wi-Fi has overshadowed 3G cellular wireless systems, but today service providers see the two technologies as being complementary, together forming a wider, more durable broadband wireless strategy, according to Infonetics Research's latest study, "Service Provider Plans for Public Wireless LAN Hotspot Services".
Boingo Wireless announced a roaming agreement with Truckstop.net
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - March 26, 2004 -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Boingo Wireless announced a roaming agreement with Truckstop.net, the leader in wireless Internet connectivity for the truck stop and travel plaza industry. The agreement will add more than 500 roadside Wi-Fi hot spots to the Boingo? Roaming System.
GSM GAINS NEW INTERNATIONAL PLAYER AS BSNL CONNECTS INDIA
CTIA Wireless, Atlanta, /Wi-Fi Technology News/-25 March 2004 ? Customers of Indian network operator BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) can enjoy international GSM mobile communications roaming capabilities following the implementation of an innovative solution from roaming experts Roamware Inc. of California. Visitors to India will now also be able to use GSM services provided by BSNL.
Orange Switzerland uses WeRoam's WLAN Roaming Service
Berne, March 24, 2004/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Within the scope of its WLAN strategy, mobile operator Orange has decided for Switzerland to implement the pioneering SIM authentication technology and global roaming service by WeRoam, a service belonging to TOGEWAnet AG. This business partnership with WeRoam will enable Orange to offer its customers access to 8,000 national and international hotspots with immediate effect...
VERIZON WIRELESS SELECTS NORTEL FOR BROADBANDACCESS NETWORK EXPANSION
BEDMINSTER, N.J. ?March 23, 2004 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Verizon Wireless, the nation?s leading wireless service provider, has signed a two-year agreement with Nortel Networks [NYSE/TSX:NT] to provide wireless infrastructure technology for its BroadbandAccess service which uses Verizon Wireless? third generation (3G) data network ? the fastest commercially available wide-area wireless data service offered in the United States today.
UTStarcom and IPWireless to Bring UMTS TDD Devices to Global Operators
Companies Form Strategic Partnership to Meet Operator Demand for Mobile Broadband IP Data and Voice Solutions
CTIA Show, ATLANTA, March 23, 2004-/Wi-Fi Technology News/- UTStarcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: UTSI), a global leader in IP access networking and services, and IPWireless announced a strategic partnership agreement to develop and manufacture network infrastructure, consumer devices, and services based on the IPWireless Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Time Division Duplex (TDD) High Chip Rate (HCR) solution. UTStarcom is the first company to license the technology from IPWireless, and will manufacture the equipment in its facilities in China.