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IP: British and Netherland carrier rollouts of public 802.11
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 02:52:57 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger () ultradevices com> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:00:48 -0700 To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>, Dave Farber IP <dave () farber net> Subject: British and Netherland carrier rollouts of public 802.11 http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=11186 BT launched WLAN hot spots 26/06/2002 Editor: Tamsin McMahon UK telecoms firm BT has launched the first of its WLAN hot spots, putting it in competition with mmO2, the mobile unit that demerged from BT last year. The service, called ³BT Openzone,² recently unveiled its first three hot spots areas where users can connect their PDAs or laptops a high-speed wireless internet service at Heathrow airport and in central London. BT¹s announcement comes a fortnight after the UK government OK¹d wireless internet access for public areas such as airports and cafes. The company is planning a commercial launch of 20 hot spots at the start of August and hopes to have 400 sites available by next June. BT had earlier said it hoped to have 4,000 hot spots across the country by 2005. BT¹s public WLAN service uses the Wi-Fi standard and requires customers to buy a subscription to BT Openzone. Users have to be within 100 metres of a hot spot, which offers connections up to 500Kbps. The telecoms firm is to offer an unlimited monthly subscription for £95 (E145) a month, plus VAT, or a pay-as-you-go plan for less than £0.10 (E.15) a minute. BT Retail CEO Pierre Danon said the service will help BT reach its goal of generating at least £30m (E46m) a year by 2005. ZDnet reports that Intel is also testing corporate Wi-Fi in the UK at Paddington station, along with Megabeam. ---- KPN to launch WLAN in the Netherlands 26/06/2002 Editor: Joe Figueiredo Dutch telecoms concern KPN is planning on implementing a wireless local area network (WLAN) in the Netherlands, reports e-business magazine Emerce. No details of the plan were disclosed, but it is in line with the wireless strategies of KPN¹s Japanese partner, NTT DoCoMo, and Deutsche Telekom, and comes hard on the heels of BT¹s recent announcement that it is to start testing WLAN in the UK. WLAN, which comes in several technologies and protocols, allows users to communicate wirelessly using a high-capacity connection within a limited area like an airport, office or hotel. Such WLAN access-points are referred to as ³hot spots.² WLAN is gaining popularity among mobile telephone operators, who can use it to offer clients such value-added services as broadband internet. Joe Figueiredo is a regular contributor to international ICT trade journals and corporate executive magazines. He also produces the odd lifestyle and satirical article. Joe holds a BA in Mathematics from St Anselm¹s College, N.H, and an MSc in Computer and Information Science from the University of Massachusetts. For further information on Joe's writing activities, visit fits.scarlet.nl Article location: http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=11183 -- Robert J. Berger UltraDevices, Inc. / Internet Bandwidth Development, LLC 15550 Wildcat Ridge Saratoga, CA 95070 408-882-4755 rberger () ultradevices com / rberger () ibd com ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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