City-wide wireless internet rolls out in UK 09-01-2006 A UK company is planning to launch city-wide wi-fi this spring. The company
will bring wireless broadband to nine cities including London, Manchester and
Birmingham. Hundreds of so called hot zones will be rolled out across the
cities, giving access to the internet for anyone using a wi-fi enabled computer
or mobile phone. More cities are expected to be announced during 2006.
The first phase will see hot zones set up in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester,
Birmingham, Nottingham, Oxford, Cambridge and three London boroughs - Islington,
Kensington and Camden. It is expected that the new wireless internet network
will reach more than 4 million people initially.
Wi-fi internet firm The Cloud is responsible for the project. The firm
currently has around 6,000 hotspot locations throughout the UK, Sweden and
Germany, in stations, coffee shops and hotels. It recently launched a network in
Canary Wharf which it claims to be Europe's largest wi-fi enabled financial
area.
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