Intel makes more beans than coffee for Costa Rica
News The chip maker's facility will produce about £430 million revenues for 1998, outpacing the South American country's crops of bananas and coffee beans, president Jose Maria Figueres was quoted as saying in this morning's Financial Times.
[January 12, 1998, 11:06]
Costa joins Wi-Fi hot spot rollout
News BT has added Costa Coffee to its expanding network of Wi-Fi hot spots that let mobile workers hook up to the Internet using wireless connections. Costa will join a growing list of companies, including Hilton Hotels, Welcome Break and Roadchef...
[October 31, 2002, 12:34]
Third World nations embrace IT
News And in Costa Rica, 37 percent of the country's exports are computer products, outpacing both bananas and coffee. The report, which includes case studies on several countries that are trying to embrace technology -- including Estonia, Tanzania...
[July 17, 2001, 9:38]
Spectrum auction could mean cheaper mobile calls
News Locations could be either at work or in places such as Costa Coffee, where you can make calls over the Coffee network and be charged at landline rates. A start-up called Coffee Telecom has already expressed interest in the auction.
[August 1, 2005, 13:55]
BT to roll out Wi-Fi hot spots across the UK
News The first 20 BT WLAN hot spots should launch this June, and BT has said that is in negotiation with high-street café group Costa Coffee. This will give laptop, PDA and mobile phone users high-speed access to the Internet and corporate networks from...
[April 10, 2002, 12:38]
BT's Wi-Fi adventure snubs 3G
News According to BT, these deals -- which follow similar agreements with Costa Coffee and the Jarvis and Thistle hotel groups -- will help it to target its service at businesspeople on the move. BT announced on Wednesday that it has made deals with BAA...
[January 29, 2003, 15:39]
UK Wi-Fi market is hotting up
News It already has 36 operational hot spots, which are located at hotels, business parks, corporate headquarters and outlets of Costa Coffee following a deal announced late last month. Britain and Ireland will boast almost 90 commercial Wi-Fi hot spots...
[November 18, 2002, 16:52]
Megabeam's Wi-Fi service undercuts BT
News In contrast, BT has 36 UK hot spots in operation following last week's deal with Costa Coffee. Wi-Fi operator Megabeam is giving early adopters the chance to buy two years' worth of access to its hot spot network for less than £25 per month, which...
[November 7, 2002, 13:34]
