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AT&T made a very strategic acquisition today, picking up Wayport for a col $275 million. This is a very smart move and shows that AT&T is investing to put more traffic onto its IP network,…

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Just like Verizon put FIOS in Walt Mossberg’s neighborhood from almost the very start, something I found rather humorous, it seems AT&T has picked a Starbucks in their own back yard of San…

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Truphone has acquired Sim4Travel, but it’s going to be months before Sim4Travel’s features will be integrated into Truphone, says LucaFiligheddu.
The VoIP Weblog has a very cool photo of…

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Much to many people’s surprise this morning some of the always reliable T-Mobile Hotspots in Manhattan stopped working. It seems T-Mobile has a massive outage affecting the Big Apple this morning,…

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It looks like BT’s OpenZone has added Starbucks rival Caffe Nero to their growing list of locations.

I’ve been in Caffe Nero and enjoyed their coffee more. Now I’ll have one more reason to linger…

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It looks like it won’t be long before VOIP, Skype and SightSpeed all can be used in more places. As HSUPA comes to be, with a more stable, and albeit, faster upload path, voice and video over…

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Some silly views are making their way around the ‘Net about the decline of the hotspot due to 3G.

I don’t think so. Neither does the best expert on the subject, Glenn Fleishman whose WiFi Net…

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Our friends at TMC have pointed out a report on hotspots and why they are a hot sector.

For me, I’m a victim of the hot spot fever. I always need to know where I can jump on, juice up and get…

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Leading European hotspot operator the Cloud continues to grow. They just acquired a very large German Hot Spot operator with a strong portfolio of hotels…

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Autonet has taken an idea a long time business colleague and I suggested to a now defunct mobile data company back in 2001. The idea was to take mobile data, turn it into Bluetooth and WiFi so…

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After about two years of being in the rumor mill T-Mobile rolled out their Hotspot @ Home service.

What’s ironic is here they are in the USA pushing the concept of VoIP and dual mode using cab…

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WebWorkerDaily has a nice round up post of USA based franchise and chain retail eateries and bookstores that offer WiFi, albeit for a price. But beware, all WiFi is not created equally.

For…

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VoIP IP Telephony @ http://snapvoip.blogspot.comSpeaking on the announcement, Jerry Thompson, BT’s Chief of Applications and Devices said: “We are dedicated to providing our customers wit…

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It’s no surprise that hotspot use is growing, especially with more and more laptops having WiFi cards built in, and more devices like PDA’s having it also.

The real striking and very important…

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I wish this was the best thing in the space, but I know better.

There are other devices in the pipeline coming from new companies, but being under NDA and news embargoes means until the proper…

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My favorite WiFi provider in the USA and favorite hotel chain, Sofitel, just announced they will have WiFi in Sofitel properties. I have not found a better in building provider than T-Mob…

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Firetide and Meru Networks are working together to make VoWiFI sound better, and operate more like cell phone networks.

<This is a play that will only mean more as better next generation…

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Wi-Fi hotspot is Chicago’s largest means a VoIP w/ WiFi can’t be that far behind. SBC is clearly making moves with FreedomLink, their WiFi service and this kind of deployment is case study ty…