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With a goal of coming up with a way for owners of wireless devices to use them hassle-free in public wireless-area networks, Hewlett-Packard Co. of Palo Alto and Southlake, Texas-based Transat Technologies Inc. are combining technologies, the firms said Friday.

BusinessJournal 8 Feb 2003 (GMT)
Financial terms of the deal weren't released.

Also known as "802.11 hotspots" or "Wi-Fi," wireless land area networks allow mobile devices to be used in tightly configured public spaces, such as coffee shops and office buildings. But wireless gadgets must sometimes be configured to work on those networks, which are often run by different carriers than what an individual subscribes to.


By integrating software that each company makes, Transat and Hewlett-Packard hope to forge technology that will allow a wireless-phone user, say, to use the device in any public spot. That would also be true as wireless carriers roll out the 2.5 and third generations of their networks.