McDonald’s Corp. will soon start offering free wireless Internet access at its U.S. restaurants as part of the fast-food chain’s ongoing transformation from its hamburger roots into a hang-out destination.
Starting in mid-January, McDonald’s will lift a $2.95 fee that it had charged customers for two hours of wireless Internet access, available at about 11,000 of [...]
Wi-Fi hotspot provider, Trustive has signed a roaming deal in China with Coordinate Technologies – giving European Wi-Fi users access to China Mobile’s hotspot network. Trustive customers will gain immediate access to over 2,000 China Mobile Hotspots in eight provinces, including the Beijing Capital and Shanghai Pudong International Airports.
China Mobile is upgrading their Wi-Fi network [...]
Wi-Fi users who travel internationally will now be able to benefit from additional hotspots that allow users to connect outside of their home country, due to the new extended partnership of Quiconnect and BT Openzone.
The partnership will allow Quiconnect to link onto the BT Openzone network with secure targeted networks that are available across the [...]
FON, the Spain-based company that has been creating a global network of shared Wi-Fi hotspots, has introduced an advanced Wi-Fi router for the U.S .market that is based on the 802.11n standard.
Introduced Tuesday, the Fonera 2.On Wi-Fi router enables users to run parallel applications and simultaneous uploads and download. External hard drives and other USB [...]
Verizon Communications is the latest telecommunications carrier to finally embrace Wi-Fi technology, and said it will provide free access in Wi-Fi hotspots to millions of its broadband customers.
Verizon’s free Wi-Fi will be available immediately to broadband customers who have the most robust — and expensive — broadband service. The firm is providing the service through [...]
Sprint has just announced a couple of new devices in the hot new area of Wi-Fi enabled, personal cellular routers. Both of these let you share your Sprint 3G or WiMax connection to a number of Wi-Fi equipped devices, like notebooks, cellphones or even Eye-Fi cards, although if you want WiMax service right now, you’ll [...]
Lightspeed Venture Partners and Pitango Venture Capital are pouring more capital into WeFi, operator of a global, community-based network of WiFi hotspots, in an undisclosed Series B round of funding and following an earlier round by both investors secured back in May 2007. The follow-up financing was provided to support WeFi’s business and financial needs, [...]
Trustive launches a multi-currency payment system for all new customers wishing to purchase or top up a Trustive WiFi pass. Trustive, a leading international WiFi access provider and No 1 in Europe, has focussed primarily on its central European customer base until now. However with it’s recent expansion into Asia (the addition of 2,000 China [...]