BT and Toshiba Launch "Hotspot in a Box"

BT and Toshiba have launched a “hotsot in a box” initiative designed to appeal to thousands of local businesses in the UK – like small hotels, bookshops and golf clubs – who want to offer Wi-Fi to their customers. Toshiba will manufacture the hotspot technology and BT will be the wireless ISP. Roaming agreements between the two companies are designed to link up BT’s Openzone network with Toshiba’s global hotspots. The local hotspots created using the product from BT and Toshiba will be in addition to the BT Openzone access points that will be available in 1,300 pubs and clubs by the end of the year, as a result of a deal with The Cloud. BT said it is now committed to deliver 4,000 hotspots by the summer 2004, rather than 2005.
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