Tag archive: HotSpot

Announced within a press release yesterday, Boingo Wireless and Nintendo has entered into a partnership to bring free Wi-Fi access on the 3DS handheld gaming device. Any 3DS owner that's traveling through the 42 North American airports that utilize Boingo for Wi-Fi service will be able to connect and utilize Nintendo's Wi-Fi enabled features on the 3DS. Some of the more notable airports include the Houston George Bush… Read More

In this age of 3G and 4G mobile broadband, short-range Wi-Fi may be falling by the wayside a bit—but the technology still has a lot of advantages over mobile data services, not the least of which is exorbitant roaming fees. Wi-Fi hotspot network operator Boingo is aiming to appeal to travelers and businessfolk in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa with its new Boingo Europe Plus plan that offers access to more tha 90,000 hotspots for… Read More

In the continuing AT&T saga, the carrier’s latest ploy to retain and gain customers is unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling. Starting tomorrow, AT&T customers who have an unlimited messaging and Nation or Family Talk plans will be able to dial any mobile number, regardless of the recipient’s carrier, without cutting into their minutes. AT&T’s new Mobile to Any Mobile offer will be available to both new and existing customers. Users… Read More

Verizon has confirmed that its mobile hotspot option for the iPhone 4 will be available for an extra $20 per month, according to MacWorld. The “personal hotspot” will allow up to five Wi-Fi-ready devices to share an iPhone 4′s 3G data connection. Verizon also announced that the hotspot feature will come with an extra 2GB a month, which will be entirely separate from the basic data plan. But be forewarned: if you go over the 2GB… Read More

With WiFi capabilities, you can e-mail, upload, view and share pictures anywhere there is WiFi internet access, this means at home, Star Bucks or any Hotspot area. Thos that purchase the newEasyShare One camera will receive a complimentary trial service with Hotspot provider T-Mobile which has more than 12,000 hotspots world-wide.   The EasyShare One is a 4-MegaPixel digital camerawhich features a 3X optical zoom lens, 256MB of internal… Read More

The high-tech market research firm finds that the hotspot market has evolved past the initial build-out period which has characterized the last four years of the hotspot market, and that the marketwill move into a more mature stage, where growth in venue footprint will continue at a more even pace than it has in the past. Overall, worldwide hotspots are expected to grow from 43,850 locationsin 2003 to more than 200,000 locations in 2008, largely… Read More

T-Mobile USA announced today that it is the only US wireless carrier to provide both Wi-Fi users and corporate IT managers additional peace-of-mind for wireless broadband data security due to the implementation of the 802.1x security standard across the nationwide T-Mobile HotSpot wireless network.(a) With this enhancement to its existing security practices, T-Mobile not only reinforces that it is the premium brand for Wi-Fi, but again… Read More

The rollout of T-Mobile HotSpot-enabled US Airways Club locations begins nationwide in airports such as Ronald Reagan Washington National and San Francisco this month, with US Airways Club locationsin Philadelphia, Boston, and New York?s LaGuardia airport to follow. This relationship creates more convenient locations for reliable Internet access for T-Mobile HotSpot customers, and gives USAirways customers another amenity to make traveling more… Read More

Dell customers can now get 2,000 free minutes of the T-Mobile HotSpot service within the first 30 days after activation, when they sign-up for a new qualifying T-Mobile HotSpot service plan1. With more than 2,600 convenient public locations, T-Mobile HotSpot is the nation's largest commercial Wi-Fi network including numerous airports and airline clubs, Borders Books and Music stores, Starbucks coffeehouses and soon at more than 1,000… Read More