Wi-Fi Travels Across the Atlantic
T-Mobile's new service offers access hotspots in Europe and the U.S.
John Blau,
IDG News Service
Wednesday, February 25, 2004

International business travelers seeking wireless broadband connectivity on both sides of the Atlantic could benefit from a new service launched by the T-Mobile subsidiaries of Germany's Deutsche Telekom.

The new Wi-Fi offering allows T-Mobile customers to access--with the same user name and password--more than 4100 hotspots in the U.S. and another 700 in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.K., T-Mobile International said this week at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes.

T-Mobile's wireless broadband service, based on the 802.11b standard, ranges in price from $10 for a 24-hour day pass to $40 per month on a month-to-month plan.

In Cannes, T-Mobile also revealed plans for a multi-network service that will allow users to roam seamlessly across three different wireless networks: GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), and Wi-Fi.

The hand-over between the networks will be automatic, according to T-Mobile International Chief Executive Officer Rene Obermann.


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