Swisscom Buys Megabeam
News A new organisation called Swisscom Eurospot -- dealing with end users, resellers and location partners in 12 European countries -- will be set up on the back of the deals. Swisscom Eurospot will come into existence with over 800 hot spots.
[March 7, 2003, 14:56]
Eurospot To Put Wi-Fi Into Travel Inn
News Swisscom Eurospot is set to significantly expand its network of Wi-Fi hot spots across the UK through a deal with Travel Inn. The agreement, announced on Tuesday, means Swisscom Eurospot will set up a high-speed wireless network in each of Travel...
[September 30, 2003, 17:55]
Swisscom To Speed Up Wi-Fi Rollout
News Swisscom Eurospot is planning to accelerate its Wi-Fi hot spot rollout over the next few months. Chris Brown, Swisscom Eurospot's UK managing director, has predicted that the company's recent takeover of Megabeam will mean faster deployment of...
[June 25, 2003, 16:33]
Virgin Leaps On Board With Wi-Fi
News Swisscom Eurospot (which took over Megabeam earlier this year) and BT Openzone have both expressed firm interest in operating services at train stations as operators scrabble to win the loyalty of mobile business workers.
[June 3, 2003, 11:38]
IPass Deal Extends European Wi-Fi Network
News The agreements with European providers Swisscom Eurospot and ADP Telecom will let customers access Wi-Fi spots at large hotels, train stations and airports across Europe. Swisscom offers broadband services in Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland...
[December 3, 2003, 16:18]
IPass Still Waiting For A BT Connection
News The company appears to be light on deals with UK Wi-Fi providers, beyond an agreement with Swisscom Eurospot and one with Broadreach. Wireless hot spot aggregator iPass would like to land a deal with BT to give itself a larger stake in the UK's...
[November 15, 2004, 15:10]
Finding Wi-Fi Hot Spots Just Got Easier
News From the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Inverness to the BT Kiosk on Plymouth's Union Street, the ZDNet UK Wi-Fi hot spot map covers hundreds of hot spots provided by the likes of BT Openzone, Swisscom Eurospot, T-Mobile, and ReadyToSurf.
[October 30, 2003, 13:40]
Wi-Fi Week: Should All Hot Spots Be Free?
News That's great news if you want lots of bandwidth but rather grim for the likes of The Cloud, Surf and Sip, T-Mobile and Swisscom Eurospot. On Monday, BT launched its wireless broadband week. Anyone visiting one of its 1,700 Openzone Wi-Fi hot spots...
[January 27, 2004, 14:10]
US Firms To Push Down Euro Wi-Fi Prices
News Last October, Wi-Fi access provider Boingo Wireless added UK network operator The Cloud to its alliance of Wi-Fi networks, while IPass teamed up with Swisscom Eurospot in December 2003. The arrival of Wi-Fi access providers such as Boingo and IPass...
[January 14, 2004, 17:45]
